Several crises, led by the Russian war in Ukraine, and its repercussions that reinforced the state of economic uncertainty, in addition to the violent losses that chased the shares of the technology sector, caused it to incur The 5 richest people in the world have lost huge losses since the beginning of the year until now.
The statistics prepared by “Al Arabiya.net” indicate that the wealth of the world’s top 5 richest people has declined by 24.2% since the beginning of the year until now, as they lost regarding $218 billion, bringing their combined wealth down from the level of $899 billion at the beginning of the year, to regarding $681 billion in present time.
At the top of the list was the founder of the electric car giant “Tesla”, Elon Musk, whose fortune declined by 30.2 percent, losing regarding $87 billion, following his fortune fell from $288 billion at the beginning of the year, to $201 billion at the present time.
The world’s richest man lost regarding $ 10.7 billion of his net worth on Friday, due to the decline in the shares of the electric car manufacturer “Tesla” by 6.4%, to conclude the week’s trading, down by 13.7%.
This means that the richest person in the world lost a total of $ 25.2 billion during the past week, when he announced, in a tweet on his official page on Twitter, the suspension of his acquisition of the Twitter platform, worth $ 44 billion.
In the second place, the American billionaire Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon, whose fortune decreased by 35.4 percent, losing regarding $ 71 billion, following his wealth declined from the level of $ 202 billion at the beginning of the year to regarding $ 131 billion at the present time, which is directly due To the decline in the shares of the technology sector and the successive and violent losses of the American stock markets.
While billionaire Bernard Arnault, founder of a luxury goods group, came in third place, his fortune decreased by 27.1%, losing regarding $46 billion, following his wealth declined from the level of $169 billion at the beginning of the year to regarding $123 billion at the present time.
The American billionaire, Bill Gates, founder of Microsoft Corporation, came in fourth place, and his wealth declined by 15.3% to lose regarding $21 billion, following his fortune declined from the level of $137 billion at the beginning of the year to regarding $116 billion at the present time.
On the other hand, the wealth of American billionaire Warren Buffett, head of Berkshire Hathaway, who ranked fifth among the list of the world’s richest people, increased by 6.7%, winning regarding $7 billion, following his wealth rose from the level of $103 billion at the beginning of the year to regarding $110 billion. dollars at the moment.
