The total condition of the 500 richest people in the world decreased by $ 208 billion. Against the background of the new tariffs of US President Donald Trump, which caused chaos in world markets.
According to Bloomberg, the fall was the fourth largest one-day decrease for 13 years and the largest peak of the Covid-19 pandemic.
More than half of the people from this list suffered losses, an average of 3.3%. The most affected American billionaires Mark Zuckerberg (META) and Jeff Bezos (Amazon).
At the same time, the richest man from Mexico Carlos Slim escaped, excluding Mexico from the White House tariff list.
In addition, the Middle East has become the only region where billionaires from the Bloomberg index received net income.
Source: Racurs
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