The pandemic period has been very productive for the business world. While many industries grew at record levels, billionaire business people in particular added wealth to their fortunes. However, this situation gradually began to change. Bloomberg HTAccording to the news of , 9 out of 10 richest people in the world lost billions of dollars in 2022.
First Elon Musk including Jeff Bezos, Larry Page, Sergey Brin and mark ZuckerbergMany names, including . Here are the most unfortunate billionaires of 2022…
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They lost $121 billion in a month
2022 started off pretty badly for billionaire business people. The wealth of the 9 people in the top 10 on the list melted by 121 billion dollars in just 1 month. So who lost how much money? When we look at the top of the list, we see Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk. The crazy billionaire’s fortune has decreased by $54 billion since the beginning of the year.
Second place is the founder of Amazon. Jeff Bezos is coming. Recently owned space company Blue OriginConcentrating on the work of Bezos, the total loss of value is $ 27.8 billion. Unfortunately in 2022 Mark Zuckerberg Things didn’t go well for him either. The Facebook founder lost $15.2 billion.
Right after that, Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin is coming. The duo lost 12 billion in just 30 days. However, there are also names that do not harm. Investor Warren Buffett, adding another $ 2.4 billion to his wealth reached 111 billion. With investments outside of technology Buffetoffset the loss in this area with other investments.
But these changes didn’t add much to the ranking. Elon Musk Despite the huge decline in his wealth, he managed to maintain his title as the richest person in the world with 216 billion dollars. Just Buffettin the Bloomberg Billionaires Index ZuckerbergHe moved on to 6th place.
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