Fortunes Tumble From Seattle to Shenzhen in $135 Billion Wipeout
- Musk loses $7.2 billion as net worth drops below $200 billion
- Pinduoduo founder Colin Huang has lost $29.4 billion this year
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A global rout in stock markets sparked by concerns over China Evergrande Group hit the world’s biggest fortunes Monday, with the richest 500 people losing a combined $135 billion.
Tesla Inc.’s Elon Musk led the declines as his world-leading net worth fell $7.2 billion to $198 billion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. No. 2 Jeff Bezos, the founder of Seattle-based Amazon.com Inc., lost $5.6 billion, paring his fortune to $194.2 billion.