The total capacity of the 500 richest people in the world has decreased by $ 208 billion after US President Donald Trump customs duties have led to the fall of the global markets. This was reported by Bloomberg.
According to Bloomberg Billionaires Index (BBI), it was the fourth largest one-day decline in the 13-year history of the index and the largest of Covid-19 epidemic. It is noted that more than half of the billionaires in the list fell by an average of 3.3%.
According to estimates, the most damaged American billionaires, in particular, the head of Meta Corporation Mark Zhukerberg and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos. The richest man in Mexico, Carlos Slim, was among the few billionaires outside the United States who avoided the negative impact of customs duties, the agency said.
Zuckerberg suffered the largest losses, with 9% of Meta's shares reduced its ability to $ 17.9 billion, the publication is said. Amazon's shares also fell by 9%, reducing Jeff Bezos's ability to $ 15.9 billion. Tesla's executive director Ilon Mask has lost $ 11 billion after the company's shares decreased by 5.5%.
On April 2, Trump announced the setting customs duties for the goods and territories.
