Nelson Mandela

 Nelson Mandela was a South African political activist and anti-apartheid revolutionary, politician and philanthropist. He had an estimated net worth of one million dollars at the moment of his death in December of 2013. Nelson Mandela served as President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999.The majority of Mandela's net worth came from book royalties from his top autobiography of 1994 "Long Walk to Freedom". When his health was better, Nelson was also a very active public speaker. While he was President, Mandela slashed his salary and over and above that, he paid 1/3 of his earnings to South African children's charities.Towards the final days of his life Mandela's family fought a fierce battle over his fortune. Nelson was married three more times and fathered six kids. Only three of them survived his death. Nelson put the bulk of his assets into more than a dozen different trust funds, which would benefit his children and prevent the siblings from having to fight. With these trusts