The stock markets' slide may have hurt your investments. But some of the world's richest men have lost even more. What's that saying about the larger they are, the harder the fall?
According to the AP, from the start of the year through the close of trading Oct. 29, here's how some billionaires have fared..
- Warren Buffett has seen the value of equity in his company, Berkshire Hathaway, fall by about $13.6 billion, or 22 percent, so far this year, to leave his holdings valued at $48.1 billion.
- Oracle founder and CEO Larry Ellison has seen his equity stake fall by $6.2 billion, or about 24 percent, to $20.1 billion.
- Microsoft's Steve Ballmer's company equity fell by $5.1 billion to $9.4 billion.
- Amazon.com's Jeff Bezos's equity fell by $3.6 billion to $5.7 billion.
- News Corp.'s Rupert Murdoch lost $4 billion with a current net worth of $3 billion.
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