He was the richest passenger onboard the Titanic. The Astor Bloodline . Astor was the world's richest man; he opposed the Treasury and WWI so when he went down with Guggenheim in the Titanic, the Treasury was formed within a year. The Jewish origins have been hidden, and quite a number of various ideas of the Astor’s heritage have been put into circulation by the Astors. SURVIVED: Archibald Gracie IV, historian and author However, tragedy struck when the RMS Titanic hit an iceberg at 11.40pm on 14th April 1912 and began to sink. The Astor Family. When the Titanic sank in 1912, it killed over 1,500 people, including some of the world's most wealthy and famous.But no victim aboard the ship had more money than John Jacob Astor IV. He was a member of the famous Astor family, which was considered American royalty, especially in New York's organized society. Some say the Titanic was sunk by a bomb or deliberately sabotaged. Astor was worth nearly $87,000,000 at the time — $2.21 billion in today's dollars. Author Unknown. John Jacob Astor, his wife and Molly Brown boarded the RMS Titanic at Cherbourg, France, as first class passengers.As the richest person on the ship, Astor was also joined by his servant, Victor Robbins, Mrs Astor’s maid, Rosalie Bidois, and a private nurse, Miss Caroline Louise Endres. John Jacob Astor was born in Walldorf, Duchy of Baden (Germany) from a Jewish bloodline. The original founder of the Astor fortune was John Jacob Astor (1763-1848). Astor was on the ship, and he wanted to develop free energy with Tesla. Intimate photograph of wealthy Titanic victim Madeleine Astor goes on sale A poignant photograph of Madeleine Astor, a pregnant woman who survived the sinking of the Titanic…