The biggest rich people lost 208 billion dollars in a day due to Trump's tariffs
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The fortunes of the world's 500 richest people fell by $208 billion due to market crashes caused by Trump's tariffs. Zuckerberg, Bezos and Musk were the most affected.

The fortunes of the world's 500 richest people fell by $208 billion on Thursday. This was the result of major collapses in world markets due to increased tariffs initiated by the administration of US President Donald Trump, and the hysteria caused by this. This is reported by Bloomberg, writes UNN.
The radical decline in the Bloomberg Billionaires Index was the fourth largest one-day decline in its 13-year history, and the largest since the COVID-19 pandemic.
More than half of the world's wealthy, whose assets are tracked by the Bloomberg wealth index, stated that their fortunes had fallen. The average decline was 3.3%. Billionaires in the United States were the most affected. And the leaders of the collapse are Mark Zuckerberg of Meta Platforms Inc. and Jeff Bezos of Amazon.com Inc.
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Carlos Slim, Mexico's richest man, was one of the few billionaires outside the US to avoid the impact of Trump's tariffs. The Mexican Bolsa rose 0.5% after the country was excluded from the White House's reciprocal tariff list, pushing Slim's net worth up about 4% to $85.5 billion.
And the Middle East was the only region where participants in the Bloomberg wealth index made a net profit for the day.
Hit parade of losers of the past day
Meta founder Mark Zuckerberg lost the most in dollar terms. The 9% decline in the social media company's stock cost its chief executive officer $17.9 billion, "biting off" almost 9% of his fortune. From the New Year to mid-February, Meta was the leader of the "Magnificent Seven" index of technology company stocks. But since mid-February, the company's papers have rolled back by about 28%.
Jeff Bezos. Amazon shares fell 9% on Thursday, the biggest drop since April 2022. This cost the founder of the technology giant $5.9 billion in personal wealth. The company's shares are down more than 25% compared to their peak in February.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has lost $110 billion this year. Of these, $11 billion of Trump's "right hand" was not counted yesterday. As supply delays and the billionaire's controversial role in Trump's "economic efficiency show" hit the automaker's stock. Tesla shares fell 5.5% on Thursday after the tariffs were announced.
Carvana Co. CEO Ernest Garcia III's fortune fell by $1.4 billion after shares of the used car seller lost 20%. The company's shares rose more than 425% in the 12 months to February 14, but have since fallen 36%.
Tobias Lütke, co-founder and CEO of Canadian e-commerce company Shopify, lost $1.5 billion, or 17% of his fortune. Shares of Shopify, which derives most of its revenue from the sale of imported goods, fell 20% in Toronto as the S&P/TSX Composite Index had its worst day since March 2020.
Let us remind you
Global stock markets fell after Trump announced new tariffs. The most affected were shares of Nike, Apple, H&M and other companies that depend on imports.