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Elon Musk Has Now Lost the Most Money in History
Bloomberg reports he has become the first person to lose $200B
By John Johnson, Newser Staff
Posted Dec 31, 2022 10:02 AM CST
A little over a year ago, Elon Musk was sitting on the astronomical sum of about $340 billion in net worth, making him the richest human on the planet by a wide margin. Today, Bloomberg reports that Musk has became the first person in history to lose $200 billion. The outlet's new Billionaires Index has his net worth at $137 billion, good for second place on the richest list, behind Bernard Arnault of France. For context, NME notes that Musk's loss surpasses Arnault's entire net worth of $162 billion. Not surprisingly, Musk's travails at Twitter, which have bled into troubles at Tesla, are blamed for the plunge. The top 10 richest people at the end of 2022, per Bloomberg:
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Elon Musk Has Now Lost the Most Money in History
Bloomberg reports he has become the first person to lose $200B
By John Johnson, Newser Staff
Posted Dec 31, 2022 10:02 AM CST
A little over a year ago, Elon Musk was sitting on the astronomical sum of about $340 billion in net worth, making him the richest human on the planet by a wide margin. Today, Bloomberg reports that Musk has became the first person in history to lose $200 billion. The outlet's new Billionaires Index has his net worth at $137 billion, good for second place on the richest list, behind Bernard Arnault of France. For context, NME notes that Musk's loss surpasses Arnault's entire net worth of $162 billion. Not surprisingly, Musk's travails at Twitter, which have bled into troubles at Tesla, are blamed for the plunge. The top 10 richest people at the end of 2022, per Bloomberg:
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Elon Musk Has Now Lost the Most Money in History (Original Post)
mahatmakanejeeves
Dec 2022
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Blue Owl
(54,755 posts)1. He really is out-tRumping tRump
C_U_L8R
(45,694 posts)2. Genius !
Bluethroughu
(5,779 posts)3. The bigger they are...
The harder they fall.
Deuxcents
(19,723 posts)4. Yes! My mother used to say that n I never got it until I was older.
This would be her best example...
Turbineguy
(38,381 posts)5. Wait until Putin gets the bill to rebuild Ukraine.
Pachamama
(17,013 posts)6. +100000000000000000
Metaphorical
(2,313 posts)7. Glass Onion and Musk
I finally had a chance to watch Glass Onion on Netflix with my family this New Year's Eve. Well worth the watch if you've been following the rise and fall of Musk the Wunderkind and so many others of his kind.
LetMyPeopleVote
(154,547 posts)8. Let that sink in.
bucolic_frolic
(46,998 posts)9. His Hitler stint promises to be short too
bucolic_frolic
(46,998 posts)10. Anyone who could claim that record has deficiencies in RISK MANAGEMENT
Musk's big gambles have always paid off. He had capital, ideas, expertise, drive. Now he's going dry.