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TIL That the Dutch East India Company was the most valuable company in history. Worth 78 Million Dutch Guilders, adjusted to dollars it was worth $7.4 Trillion. Who created and owned the Dutch East India Company?

by /u/fk0924 in /r/AskHistorians

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