The billionaire lost more in a day than Bezos lost in the entire divorce.
The founder of the electric car manufacturer Tesla businessman and inventor Elon Musk lost about $50 billion in two days.
The reason for the fall in the income of the richest man in history was a survey in which Musk asked Twitter users whether he should sell 10% of the company’s shares. As a result, 3 million 519 thousand 252 people decided to participate in the voting, of which 57.9% voted in favor.
The poll on the sale of Tesla shares gained 115,000 likes, was reposted 36,500 times and scored 48,800 comments.
The owner of Tesla himself said that he intends to follow the advice of people. Musk stated that he does not receive a salary in his companies, so the only way he can pay taxes is to sell shares.
According to Bloomberg, the fall in the company’s stock prices continued for two days, during which Musk lost $ 50 billion.
At the moment, the difference between the fortune of Elon Musk and the capital of the owner of the Amazon Internet company Jeff Bezos is $ 83 billion.
Recall that the latter lost an impressive part of his income of $ 36 billion after a high-profile divorce from his wife Mackenzie.
As Forbes clarifies with reference to the Forbes Real-Time rating data, Musk’s fortune currently stands at $271 billion, which still leaves him in the position of the richest man in the world. Bezos remains in second place with $205.9 billion.
Earlier, Topnews reported that Musk became the richest man in history with $289 billion.