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Jacob Fugger: The Architect of Wealth and Power in the 16th Century
In the early 1500s, one man overshadowed kings and nobles in terms of power and influence: Jacob Fugger, a banker whose net worth was estimated to be around $400 billion today, about 2% of Europe's GDP. Fugger didn’t just create wealth; he shaped nations, altered the trajectory of empires, and even transformed Christianity in Europe.