15 billionaires who have seen their net worth drop the most this year
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg.Alex Wong/Getty Images; Rachel Mendelson/Insider
- The world's 10 richest people have collectively lost almost a quarter of a trillion dollars year-to-date.
- Tech CEOs investing in the metaverse and cryptocurrency are ranked as the biggest losers.
1. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg: -$87.3 billion
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg. AP Photo/Mark Lennihan
2. Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao: -$72.6 billion
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3. Tesla CEO Elon Musk: -$66.4 billion
Elon Musk. Adrees Latif/Reuters
4. Amazon founder Jeff Bezos: -$65.7 billion
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5. Google co-founder Larry Page: -$39.2 billion
Larry Page, Google co-founder and CEO speaks during the opening keynote at the Google I/O developers conference on May 15, 2013 in San Francisco. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images
6. CEO of LVMH Bernard Arnault: -$38.2 billion
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7. Google co-founder Sergey Brin: -$38.1 billion
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8. Philanthropist MacKenzie Scott: -$31.7 billion
MacKenzie Scott owns a 4% stake in Amazon and has donated more than $8.6 billion to various charities since splitting with her ex-husband Jeff Bezos. Evan Agostini/Associated Press
9. L'Oreal heiress Francoise Bettencourt Meyers: -$30.7 billion
Francoise Bettencourt Meyers, granddaughter of L'Oreal founder Eugene Schueller. Her family owns a 33% stake in the cosmetics giant. JEAN-PIERRE MULLER/AFP via Getty Images
10. Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates: -$27.3 billion
Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and founder of Breakthrough Energy. Michael Loccisano/Getty Images
11. Nike co-founder Phil Knight: -$25.7 billion
Nike cofounder Phil Knight Courtesy Nike
12. CATL founder Zeng Yuqun: -$24.2 billion
Zeng Yuqun, chairman and founder of Contemporary Amperex Technology Co, one of the world's largest suppliers of electric vehicle batteries. VCG via Getty Images
13. Tencent CEO Ma Huateng: -$23 billion
Ma Huateng, also known as "Pony Ma", is the chairman and chief executive officer of the Chinese internet company Tencent Holdings Ltd. Visual China Group via Getty Images
14. Former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer: -$21.3 billion
Steve Ballmer, CEO of Microsoft from 2000 to 2014. Currently the owner of the LA Clippers NBA team. Kimberly White/Getty Images
15. Kering CEO Francois Pinault: -$20.4 billion
Francois-Henri Pinault attends the 2019 Vital Voices Solidarity Awards at IAC Building on December 09, 2019 in New York City. Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images
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