(Boursier.com) — The waltz of billions among the great American fortunes is still in the news. Since Wednesday evening, the title of Meta Platforms, the parent company of Facebook, plunged more than 27% on Wall Street after the publication of a profit below expectations. Thus, Mark Zuckerberg, the boss and largest shareholder of the group (12.8% of the shares), lost… around 30 billion dollars in a single day! It is the second biggest loss in stock market history for an executive, after that of Elon Musk, whose fortune fell by $35 billion in one session in November when he tweeted about the sale. 10% of its stake in the capital of You’re here.
All these performances are quite virtual, however, insofar as the fortune of these ‘tech’ businessman resides essentially in their participations in the capital of their companies, which are not immediately monetizable. The big winner of the day is Jeff Bezos, the founder and first shareholder ofAmazonafter the publication of better than expected accounts in the 4th quarter.
Bezos’ fortune in real time is currently estimated at $165 billion by Forbes, especially with a stake of around 10% in the capital ofAmazon for nearly 140 billion dollars. The title jumped 14% this Friday in session on Wall Street, the day after solid quarterly supported by the “cloud”. Thus, Bezos “weighs” nearly $20 billion more in one trading session. Obviously, here too, it is just the increase in the value of his participation and not a hard cash gain.
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