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mahatmakanejeeves

(60,964 posts)
Fri Apr 21, 2023, 10:45 AM Apr 2023

Elon Musk loses $13 billion in 24 hours after SpaceX rocket explosion and disappointing earnings

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Elon Musk loses $13 billion in 24 hours after SpaceX rocket explosion and disappointing Tesla earnings

Chloe Taylor
Fri, April 21, 2023 at 5:18 AM EDT · 4 min read

Elon Musk’s personal fortune took a hit of almost $13 billion on Thursday as the world watched a SpaceX rocket explode while Tesla delivered underwhelming earnings.

According to Bloomberg’s Billionaires Index, which monitors the real-time wealth of the richest people on the planet, Musk’s net worth was depleted of $12.6 billion on Thursday.

Much of Musk’s wealth is derived from shares in Tesla, which tanked nearly 10% on Thursday on the back of a disappointing quarterly earnings report. The plummeting share price erased $58 billion from the company’s market cap.

On Thursday, the company reported net income of $2.51 billion for the first three months of 2023—a year-on-year decline of 24%.

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Elon Musk loses $13 billion in 24 hours after SpaceX rocket explosion and disappointing earnings (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2023 OP
This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Apr 2023 #1
Karma. Keep it coming. Joinfortmill Apr 2023 #2
Schadenfreude Faux pas Apr 2023 #3
I once lost a quarter through a hole in my pocket DBoon Apr 2023 #4
The Trump of the business world peppertree Apr 2023 #5

Response to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

DBoon

(23,055 posts)
4. I once lost a quarter through a hole in my pocket
Fri Apr 21, 2023, 12:00 PM
Apr 2023

Musk must look on $13 billion the same way

Pocket change

peppertree

(22,850 posts)
5. The Trump of the business world
Sat Apr 22, 2023, 12:06 PM
Apr 2023

A mentally unbalanced egomaniac who turns everything he touches, into scrap.

(to put it politely)

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