Washington: The US markets witnessed a big decline and in percentage terms in a single day yesterday, it was the biggest decline since 2020. The sharp decline in the US markets has shocked the world’s top rich and their wealth has decreased in a big way.
This was due to the fall in the share price of top rich companies. From Elon Musk to Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates to Warren Buffett, the wealth of the world’s richest person has decreased drastically.
India’s Gautam Adani and Anil Ambani are in the advantage
According to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, 8 out of 10 billionaires in the list of the world’s top 10 richest people have decreased their wealth. However, the wealth of Gautam Adani and Mukesh Ambani of India has increased. Adani Group Chairman Gautam Adani, who is ranked third on the list, has seen an increase in shares of his companies and this has increased his net worth by $ 1.58 billion yesterday.
Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani has come in ninth place in this list and his wealth has seen an increase of $ 1.23 billion yesterday.
How much the wealth of the world’s top rich has decreased
Elon Musk is at number one in the Bloomberg Billionaires Index and his wealth has dropped by $ 8.35 billion to $ 256 billion yesterday.
In second place is Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and his wealth has come down to $ 150 billion after falling by $ 9.84 billion yesterday.
India’s Gautam Adani is in third place and his wealth has increased by $ 1.58 billion to $ 147 billion.
Bernard Arnault is in fourth place and his wealth has decreased by $ 4.06 billion to $ 135 billion.
Microsoft’s Bill Gates is in fifth place and his wealth has dropped by $ 2.84 billion to $ 115 billion yesterday.
Warren Buffett is in sixth place and his wealth has decreased by $ 3.36 billion and has come down to $ 97 billion.
Larry Page is in seventh place and his wealth has come down by $ 5.20 billion to $ 96 billion.
Larry Ellison is in eighth place and his wealth has decreased by $ 1.67 billion to $ 94.9 billion yesterday.
India’s Mukesh Ambani is in ninth place and his wealth has increased by $ 1.23 billion to $ 93.7 billion.
Sergey Brin is in tenth place, whose wealth has seen a decline of $ 4.94 billion and it has come down to $ 91.9 billion.