Musk loses around $ 14 billion in one day

American billionaire Elon Musk, according to the exchanges and the Loomberg Billionaires Index (BBI), lost about $ 14 billion in a single day, following the collapse of Tesla shares.

According to BBI, Musk’s fortune declined by $ 13.6 billion – to $ 176 billion, which allowed him to remain the second richest person in the world.

At the same time, the fortune of Jeff Bezos, founder of the company “Amazon”, declined from 5.55 billion dollars to 180 billion dollars, and he remained at the first place of the ranking of the richest people of the world. world.

Meanwhile, according to Forbes Real-Time, Musk’s fortune declined by $ 11.7 billion in one day, to $ 162.8 billion (2nd place), and Bezos’ fortune declined by 5.4. billion dollars, to 179.6 billion dollars (1st place).

Tesla shares were down 8.06% to $ 682.22 on Thursday, amid a large sell-off, in US stock markets.

Since the start of this week, the company’s share price has fallen 12.7%. For the third week in a row, the shares of this electric vehicle maker are under pressure.

Tesla shares have fallen 14.03% since early February after rising from November 2020 to January 2021.

Source: Novosti

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