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Thirteen--Oil Yielded the Largest Individual Fortune.

When the average present-day millionaire is bluntly asked to name the
value of his earthly possessions he finds it difficult to answer the
question correctly. It may be that he is not willing to take the
questioner into his confidence. It is doubtful whether he really knows.

If this is true of the millionaire himself, it follows that when others
attempt the task of estimating the amount of his wealth, the results must
be conflicting. Still, excellent authorities are not lacking on this
subject, and the list of the world's richest hundred persons, which is
printed herewith, has been compiled from the best.

Rank. Name. Country. How Made. Total Fortune.

1--John D. Rockefeller United States Oil $600,000,000
2--A. Beit South Africa Gold and diamonds 500,000,000
3--J.B. Robinson South Africa Gold 400,000,000
4--Czar Nicholas II Russia Inherited 350,000,000
5--Andrew Carnegie United States Steel 300,000,000
6--W.W. Astor United States Real estate 300,000,000
7--Prince Demidoff Russia Inherited 200,000,000
8--Emperor Franz Josef Austria Inherited 185,000,000
9--J. Pierpont Morgan United States Finance 150,000,000
10--William Rockefeller United States Oil 100,000,000
11--H.H. Rogers United States Oil 100,000,000
12--W.K. Vanderbilt United States Railroads 100,000,000
13--Senator Clark United States Copper 100,000,000
14--John Jacob Astor United States Real estate 100,000,000
15--Duke of Westminster England Real estate 100,000,000
16--Lord Rothschild England Banker 100,000,000
17--Baron E. de Rothschild France Banker 100,000,000
18--King Leopold Belgium Inherited and acquired 100,000,000
19--Grand Duke Vladimir Russia Inherited 100,000,000
20--Russell Sage United States Finance 80,000,000
21--H.C. Frick United States Steel and coke 80,000,000
22--D.O. Mills