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5 quotes from Jacob Fugger — German banker and mining magnate..

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“In an era when kings had unlimited power, Fugger had the nerve to stare down heads of state and ask them to pay back their loans — with interest.”

— Greg Steinmetz, The Richest Man Who Ever Lived

“It is well known that Your Imperial Majesty could not have obtained the Roman Crown without my help.”

— Jacob Fugger, letter to Emperor Charles V, 1523

“I want to gain while I can.”

— Attributed to Jacob Fugger

“How is it that the Fuggers have come into possession of all the property of the Church?”

— Martin Luther, Open Letter to the Christian Nobility of the German Nation

“People would feed him with information, by courier and horses, so that he would know about things before his competitors did, and he could use that to his advantage. Information today is everything, and it was everything back then, too.”

— Greg Steinmetz, on Fugger's information advantage

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Jacob Fugger

German banker and mining magnate.