About a billion dollars per hour. Heavy losses for the ten richest people in the world

The American magazine “Forbes” reports that the wealth of the ten richest people in the world fell by 23.5 billion dollars in one day (960 million dollars an hour) in light of the wave of sales of shares in stock market.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk suffered the biggest losses, as his fortune declined from $ 9.9 billion to $ 162.1 billion, and hence his ranking in the list of the most rich people of the world fell to third place, according to the classification of “Forbes”.

Bernard Arnault, founder and CEO of the “Louis Vuitton” group, lost around 525 million dollars, and his revolution amounted to 162.6 billion dollars, and thus ranked second in the list of the most rich people of the world.
As for Jeff Bezos, founder of “Amazon”, his fortune fell late Thursday from $ 5.7 billion to $ 178.1 billion, and despite this, he retained the first position on the list.

Among the ten richest people in the world, the wealth of famous American investor, Warren Buffett, increased by $ 505 million, and this investor placed sixth on the list.

Source: RIA Novosti

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