Russia finally launched a direct attack on Ukraine on Thursday morning. Within 4-5 hours of the start of the war, the wealth of the top-20 wealthiest people in the world fell by more than Rs 3.11 lakh crore. This also caused turmoil in the stock market of the whole world.
At the same time, talking about India, top-10 people in business including Mukesh Ambani, Gautam Adani, Uday Kotak, Dilip Sanghvi also suffered a loss of more than 60 thousand crores. The net worth of Tesla’s Elon Musk, the world’s richest person, declined by Rs 1 lakh crore.
The market collapsed as soon as the war started.
There was a war-like situation between Russia and Ukraine for the last several days. Even before this, there was a period of turmoil in the market worldwide, but this morning when Russia took military action on Ukraine, the stock market fell with a stir. According to the real-time data of Forbes, the shares of listed companies of wealthy businessmen have fallen drastically.
(Source: Forbes)
Mukesh Ambani lost Rs 21,000 crore.
Reliance Industries Chairman and Asia’s richest man Mukesh Ambani’s net worth fell by Rs 21,000 crore till noon due to falling share prices due to the war. Similarly, Adani Group Chairman Gautam Adani suffered a loss of Rs 9,700 crore, HCL Technology’s Shiv Nadar Rs 5,300 crore, and prominent business people like Radhakishan Damani, Dilip Sanghvi, and Kumar Birla also suffered a loss of thousands of crores.
As soon as the news of the war came, the stock markets of almost green big countries, including the USA, UK, Japan, India, and China, fell. Due to this, the top-20 wealthiest people in the world lost millions of dollars in a few hours. Tesla’s Elon Musk tops the list of losers. The wealth of Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg, Microsoft’s Bill Gates, and well-known investor Warren Buffett has also declined.
1.51 lakh crores of top 3 rich people of the world drowned.
Talking about the top-3 people in business of the world, the net worth of Elon Musk, Bernard Arnault, and Jeff Bezos recorded a decline of Rs 1.51 lakh crore. Now, if we look at the figures of loss of top-20 Dhankubers, then 3.11 lakh crore rupees were wasted in a single day in the fire of war. Let us tell you that Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos are from America, while Bernard Arnault is from France.
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