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#Elon Musk drops from ‘$200 billion club’ as Tesla, Twitter tank

“Elon Musk drops from ‘$200 billion club’ as Tesla, Twitter tank”

Elon Musk’s net worth has fallen below $200 billion as the share price of his electric car company, Tesla, continues its slide and his stake in Twitter goes underwater.

Musk, the wealthiest person in the world, has a fortune that as of Wednesday was valued at $193 billion, according to Bloomberg Billionaires Index.

Since the start of the year, however, he has seen his wealth shrink by $77.6 billion as Wall Street appears on the verge of a bear market.

Musk and other multibillionaires have seen their fortunes shrink. The 50 wealthiest people, including Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg, and Bernard Arnault, lost an aggregate of half a trillion dollars in wealth since the start of 2022.

Shares of Tesla fell nearly 7% on Tuesday as the company’s assembly line has been hampered by ongoing coronavirus lockdowns in China.

On April 4, Tesla was trading at $1,145 a share. That was the day Musk announced that he purchased a 9.2% stake in the social media company Twitter.

Tesla investors are worried about ongoing coronavirus lockdowns in China that have hampered production.
Tesla investors are worried about ongoing coronavirus lockdowns in China that have hampered production.
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Since then, however, the stock price of both companies have tanked. Tesla on Tuesday sank to its lowest price of $620.57 a share before closing at $628.16.

Twitter hardly fared better on Tuesday. Its stock price fell 6% on Tuesday, closing at $35.76 — its lowest since March 16.

Since the start of the year, Twitter stock has fallen 17.6% while Tesla shares have dropped by 40.8%. Both companies’ losses have surpassed that of the S&P 500, which has shed 17.5% year to date.

Tesla shares have fallen nearly 41% since the start of 2022.
Tesla shares have fallen nearly 41% since the start of 2022.
via REUTERS

Twitter shares have fallen 31.1% since closing at a high of $51.70 on April 25 — when the company’s board of directors accepted Musk’s $44 billion buyout offer.

Musk bought his 9.2% stake in Twitter, or 73.12 million shares, at a weighted average price of $36.16, according to MarketWatch.

At the current stock price, Musk would end up losing $40.7 million on his investment. That’s a stark swing from the $1.14 billion gain from the April 25 closing price of $51.70.

Musk’s acquisition of Twitter has raised his public profile, though it has come with a price. Last week, it was revealed that Musk’s space travel firm, SpaceX, paid $250,000 in hush money to settle sex misconduct claims brought by a flight attendant in 2016.

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