In one night, 4 of the world’s rich people lost about $ 21 billion in their personal fortunes, due to the decline in the shares of their companies within the huge losses incurred by all global markets yesterday, due to The repercussions of OPEC's failure to agree to cut production, and the concerns of the spread of the Coruna virus.
According to the newspaper, the statement, SNBC, that this personal loss in one night is the largest of its kind since the global financial crisis in 2008.
The biggest loser was Jeff Bezos, the richest person in the world, founder and CEO of Amazon Online Shopping.
Because of the decline in Amazon shares yesterday, by 7%, Bezos lost $ 7 billion, and his value on paper shrank in just 24 hours, from $ 117 billion to $ 110 billion, and thus, Bezos losses over a full month amount to $ 29 billion. < / p>
The second biggest loser was Frenchman Bernard Arnaud, CEO of Louis Vuitton Group, which specializes in selling luxury goods, whose shares have fallen by 24% from January to now.
Arnaud lost 6 billion dollars yesterday, while the portion of his wealth lost in the past two months amounted to 30 billion dollars, which also lost him the second place on the list of the richest people in the world, as Bill Gates regained this position from him just two months after his ascension to it.
Young entrepreneur Elon Musk and veteran businessman Warren Buffett shared third place on the list of billions losers yesterday with the same value of their loss of $ 4 billion.
Buffett's fortune shrank yesterday to $ 76 billion. Buffett's total losses over the past month exceeded $ 12 billion, which is roughly the same as the amount Musk suffered during the same period.
On the other hand, the market value of the top 5 technology companies fell by $ 320 billion yesterday, as Apple Ngo lost $ 100 billion of its value and Microsoft lost $ 83 billion.
