There has been a tsunami in the net worth of the world’s richest people and it is not limited to the top 10, but the 20 biggest billionaires have suffered a major blow. In this case, the name of the world’s richest Elon Musk comes first, who has suffered the most loss. Musk’s wealth has decreased by more than Rs 1 lakh crore in the last 24 hours. The names of Mukesh Ambani and Gautam Adani are also included in the list of billionaires who have lost their net worth.
Musk-Bezos suffered the most loss
According to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, the net worth of rich people like Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg, Mukesh Ambani, Gautam Adani and Bill Gates has declined. Elon Musk, CEO of companies like Tesla and SpaceX, has suffered the biggest loss and his net worth has come down by $ 13.9 billion or about Rs 1.14 lakh crore to $ 237 billion. After this, the second biggest loss was suffered by Amazon’s Jeff Bezos and his wealth (Jeff Bezos Net Worth) fell by $ 6.08 billion or about Rs 51000 crore to $ 195 billion.
Who among the top 10 richest people suffered how much loss?
Talking about other billionaires among the world’s top-10 richest, French aristocrat Bernard Arnault’s net worth has lost $2.30 billion (about Rs 19317 crore) and his wealth has come down to $181 billion. On the other hand, Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg’s net worth has come down by $5.75 billion (about Rs 48,293 crore) to $178 billion. On the other hand, Bill Gates’ wealth has come down by $1.18 billion (about Rs 9910 crore) to $157 billion.
These giants including Warren Buffet lost their money
Apart from this, Larry Ellison suffered a loss of $1.62 billion and his wealth came down to $156 billion, while the net worth of legendary investor Warren Buffet fell by $1.60 billion to $145 billion. Steve Ballmer suffered a loss of $2.14 billion and his wealth came down to $140 billion, while Larry Page’s net worth saw a huge drop of $5.06 billion, after which Larry Page’s net worth came down to $137 billion. The world’s 10th richest person Sergey Brin suffered a loss of $4.72 billion and his net worth has currently come down to $130 billion.
This effect on the wealth of Ambani-Adani
Due to this big fall in the Indian market, the net worth of Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani has decreased by $ 2.14 billion or about Rs 17,973 crore and it has come down to $ 111 billion. With this much wealth, Mukesh Ambani remains the 11th richest person in the world. Along with this, the net worth of Adani Group Chairman Gautam Adani, included in the list, has decreased by $ 1.57 billion or about Rs 13,186 crore and with this decline it has come down to $ 99.6 billion. That is, Adani is out of the $ 100 billion club.
Tsunami is a big reason for the loss of wealth of the rich
If we talk about the reasons behind this fall in the wealth of the rich around the world, then due to the chaos in the stock markets, the shares of their companies have fallen drastically and its effect has been seen in the form of a fall in the wealth of billionaires. On September 6, Dow Jones fell 1.01%, S&P 500 Index 1.73% and Nasdaq 2.55%. Japan’s Nikkei has also seen a fall of about 1%. Talking about the Indian stock market, on the last trading day, Friday, the Sensex fell 1017.23 points or 1.24% to the level of 81,183.93, while the Nifty slipped 292.95 points or 1.17% to close at 24,852.15.
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