Summary

Since Trump’s second-term inauguration, five top billionaires have lost a combined $209 billion as markets react to policy uncertainty.

  • Elon Musk’s net worth plunged $148 billion as Tesla shares collapsed amid declining European and Chinese sales.

  • Jeff Bezos lost $29 billion as Amazon stock fell 14%.

  • Sergey Brin’s fortune dropped $22 billion following Alphabet’s weak earnings and regulatory pressure.

  • Mark Zuckerberg and Bernard Arnault each lost $5 billion as Meta and LVMH stocks tumbled.

The S&P 500 is down 6.4%, reversing gains seen post-election.

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  • redlemace@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    So what? It’s not like their bank accounts got affected. Their shares are valued less which means they did not loose money but the lost money they could have had.

    • [deleted] in lemmy@lemmy.world
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      11 months ago

      They lost pretend money that could be used for business loans that they don’t need because they have so much pretend money. The only time it matteds for these parasites is if it happens when they are acquiring another company worth billions of pretend monies.

      Even a stock market collapse is a benefit to these chucklefucks.

      • AbidanYre@lemmy.world
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        11 months ago

        The only time it matters for them is when an Italian plumber shows up to collect their debt.