Benjamin Franklin
Born in Boston in 1706, Benjamin Franklin excelled in various fields including science, writing, and politics. His experiments with electricity were groundbreaking and helped establish the foundation for modern knowledge. Franklin was also a successful printer, publisher, and inventor with numerous patents, including the lightning rod. Besides his scientific and business achievements, Franklin played an active role in American politics. He served as a delegate to the Continental Congress and a diplomat in Europe. Franklin secured French support for the American Revolution. People widely regard Franklin as one of the “Founding Fathers” of the United States and consider him to be one of the most important figures in American history. There is some debate as to how much money was in Ben Franklin’s net worth, because records are incomplete. But most historians agree that it would have been somewhere around $43.5 million. Others believe he actually had much more.