Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, who tops the list of the world's richest, lost 9.1 billion dollars on Wednesday after his company's shares posted their biggest drop in more than two years.
Bloomberg said Bezos's wealth fell to $ 145.2 billion, its lowest level since July.According to Forbes' list of the world's richest people, released in October, Bezos's fortune is about $ 160 billion and his first place is far ahead of Bill Gates's $ 97 billion founder.According to the site, the wealth of the richest man in Europe, Bernard Arnault, fell by 4.5 billion dollars to 66.9 billion dollars, with the decline of the shares of "Louis Vuitton" LVMH.The wealth of the French billionaire has fallen after rumors of social media have surfaced over tightening border inspections aimed at curbing unlicensed imports.The value of a group of the world's largest and richest technology companies, such as Microsoft and Mark Zuckerberg, has also fallen to $ 32.1 billion.