Misfortune: Musk creates Guinness World Record for losing personal wealth

The change in Musk's fortune saw him losing the title of the world's richest person to Bernard Arnault (France)

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BS Web Team New Delhi
Billionaire entrepreneur and Tesla CEO Elon Musk created a Guinness World Record for losing money. The tech tycoon has broken the world record by becoming the first person in history to lose $182 billion of his personal fortune in about two months.

The Guinness World Record wrote in a blog that the figures are based on estimates by Forbes, adding other sources suggested that it be closer to $ 200 billion.

"Although the exact figure is almost impossible to ascertain, Musk’s total losses far surpass the previous record of $58.6 billion, set by Japanese tech investor Masayoshi Son in 2000," the world's record keeper wrote.

First Published: Jan 10 2023 | 2:12 PM IST

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