The ranking process is done by the percentage of the total GDP of the nation they lived in at the time they were alive. Whether or not their fortune was inherited, the list records the people at the time of their greatest net worth, not by their current net worth, or their net worth when they died.
The list doesn't significantly change from year to year unless there is a new person who qualifies to be on the list or someone surpasses their previous peak amount. However, this can only really happen to those who are still alive. On occasion, there is an undiscovered billionaire from Ancient times, the Middle Ages, and the Industrial age that wasn’t placed on the list before, or one of the billionaires already on the list has been found to have a higher peak net worth than previously thought. If this is proven, or a new billionaire is found, then the figure or net worth should be placed on the following list.
However, if the country where the member originally lived is now defunct, then the inflated net worth has to be averaged by the world GDP, rather than the country's. Because of this, the world GDP may be higher or lower than the other country's GDP and not tied to the same standard. This is really the only time where a member's net worth can be changed above the standard after he or she dies, thereby raising or lowering their rank on the list (e.g. Nicholas II of Russia).
* Name: John D. Rockefeller 
* Age at highest earnings: 74
* Age at death: 97 (died May 23, 1937)
* Net worth: ▬ 329.9 billion $USD
* Original net worth: US$1 billion (September 29 1916)
US$900.0 Million (1913-eve of WWI)
* Origin: United States
* Main source of wealth: Standard Oil
* Other achievements: First billionaire (Globally-USD) and The Rockefeller Foundation (Created:1913)
* Name: Tsar Nicholas II of Russia (Nikolai Alexandrovich Romanov)
* Age at highest earnings: 50
* Age at death: 50 (died July 17, 1918)
* Net worth: ▬ 290.7 billion $USD
* Original net worth: 1.3 billion $USD (1916)
* Origin: Russian Empire
* Company: Monarchy - the Emperor and Autocrat of the Russian Empire
* Other achievements: Wealthiest Monarch and Wealthiest Head of state
* Name: William Henry Vanderbilt
* Age at highest earnings: 64
* Age at death: 64 (died December 8, 1885)
* Net worth: ▬ 240.0 billion $USD
* Original net worth: 194 Million $USD (1885)
* Origin: United States
* Company: Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad and other railway companies.
* Name: Osman Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VII
* Age at highest earnings: 50
* Age at death: 80 (died February 24, 1967)
* Net worth: ▬ 225.1 billion $USD
* Original net worth: 1.4 billion $USD (1937)
* Origin: Hyderabad, India
* Company: Monarchy - Nizam of Hyderabad
* Other achievements: Wealthiest non-European, Wealthiest Asian, Wealthiest Indian
* Name: Andrew W. Mellon
* Age at highest earnings: 80
* Age at death: 82 (died August 27, 1937)
* Net worth: ▬ 195.7 billion $USD
* Original net worth: 1.0 billion $USD (1935)
* Origin: United States
* Company: Gulf Oil and various other oil companies.
* Name: Henry Ford* Name: Henry Ford
* Age at highest earnings: 57* Age at death: 83 (died April 7, 1947)
* Net worth: ▬ 194.9 billion $USD
* Original net worth: 1.0 billion $USD (1920)
* Origin: United States
* Company: Ford Motor Company
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