Amazon shares sank 8% as Bezos’ net worth fell $10.6 billion, erasing two weeks of gains from rising Amazon stock.
Jeff Bezos’ ex-wife, MacKenzie Bezos, was also hit. Her fortune fell $3.7 billion on Friday.
Tesla cofounder Elon Musk wiped $2.8 billion off his own fortune after a single midday tweet in which he declared, “Tesla stock price is too high imo.”
Here are the 10 billionaires whose fortunes dropped the most on friday May 1.
1 JEFF BEZOS
NET WORTH - $138.2 BILLION, DOWN $10.4 BILLION
COUNTRY - UNITED STATES
SOURCE OF WEALTH - AMAZON
2 MACKENZIE BEZOS
NET WORTH - $44.8 BILLION, DOWN $3.7 BILLION
COUNTRY - UNITED STATES
SOURCE OF WEALTH - AMAZON
3 ELON MUSK
NET WORTH - $36.6 BILLION, DOWN $2.8 BILLION
COUNTRY - UNITED STATES
SOURCE OF WEALTH - TESLA MOTORS
4 WARREN BUFFETT
NET WORTH - $72 BILLION, DOWN $2 BILLION
COUNTRY - UNITED STATES
SOURCE OF WEALTH - BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY
5 LARRY ELLISON
NET WORTH - $65.1 BILLION, DOWN $1.5 BILLION
COUNTRY - UNITED STATES
SOURCE OF WEALTH - SOFTWARE
6 STEVE BALLMER
NET WORTH - $62.8 BILLION, DOWN $1.4 BILLION
COUNTRY - UNITED STATES
SOURCE OF WEALTH - MICROSOFT
7 BILL GATES
NET WORTH - $104.4 BILLION, DOWN $1.3 BILLION
COUNTRY - UNITED STATES
SOURCE OF WEALTH - MICROSOFT
8 LARRY PAGE
NET WORTH - $59.9 BILLION, DOWN $1.1 BILLION
COUNTRY - UNITED STATES
SOURCE OF WEALTH - ALPHABET
9 WILLIAM LEI DING
NET WORTH - $20.2 BILLION, DOWN $1.1 BILLION
COUNTRY - CHINA
SOURCE OF WEALTH - ONLINE GAMES
10 SERGEY BRIN
NET WORTH - $57.7 BILLION, DOWN $1.1 BILLION
COUNTRY - UNITED STATES
SOURCE OF WEALTH - ALPHABET
Source: Forbes, StrenuousBlog
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