The central topic of the last two days is undoubtedly the collapse of China which yesterday caused a real debacle of the main international indices. From Wall Street to Piazza Affari, no list has managed to escape the sell-off unleashed on the market and also exacerbated by the geopolitical tensions between Saudi Arabia and Iran.
To pay the highest price for what happened were above all the five richest men in the world who in a single day, due to the sales started in Asia, saw virtually go 8,7 billion dollars up in smoke in just one day. It was Bloomberg who calculated the losses of the five wealthiest tycoons on earth and, through its index, follows the daily trend of the 400 richest people in the world.
The primacy of losses goes to Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon who in less than 24 hours saw 3,7 billion dollars burned after the stock, listed on Wall Street, lost 5,8%.
Next comes the Spaniard Amancio Ortega, founder of Indetex (Zara), who saw his portfolio lighten by 2,5 billion dollars in one stock market session. Shares Inditex SA., one of the largest fashion retailers in the world, lost 3,5%.
Third in the standings in terms of losses, the guru of the funds Warren Buffett who saw 870 million dollars go up in smoke, slightly more than the Mexican Carlos Slim who sold 868 million dollars. The list ends "in style" with the ever-present Bill Gates, leader of Microsoft with a loss of 739 million dollars.
Overall, the Bloomberg index on 400 wealthiest people in the world lost $82,4 billion yesterday.
