Donald Trump's tariffs cause a $208 billion loss for the world's richest, including Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos

The world’s 500 richest people saw their combined wealth plummet $208 billion on April 3, after President Donald Trump’s proclamation of sweeping new tariffs sent global markets nosediving.

The world’s 500 richest people saw their combined wealth plummet $208 billion on April 3, after President Donald Trump’s proclamation of sweeping new tariffs sent global markets nosediving.

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The world’s 500 richest people saw their combined wealth plummet $208 billion (around R3.97 trillion) on April 3, after President Trump’s proclamation of sweeping new tariffs sent global markets nosediving.

 

The world’s 500 richest people saw their combined wealth plummet $208 billion on April 3, after President Trump’s proclamation of sweeping new tariffs sent global markets nosediving.

The drop was the fourth-largest single-day decline in the history of Bloomberg’s billionaire index, and the largest collapse since the Covid-19 pandemic.

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