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The Wealthiest Passenger

John Jacob Astor IV was not only the wealthiest passenger aboard the Titanic, he was also among the wealthiest people in the world at the time. His net worth was around $87 million, which when adjusted for inflation, would be the equivalent of $2.44 billion today. Astor’s pregnant wife was loaded onto a lifeboat but Astor was told he could not join her. He died when the Titanic sank.