The Largest Fortunes Ever Lost

1. 1

   Elon Musk

   The Guinness World Record holder for largest personal fortune loss — peaked at $320B in Nov 2021.

   −$165B

   ~52%, 1 year

2. 2

   Mark Zuckerberg

   Meta’s stock collapse dragged his net worth from ~$142B down to a $36B low.

   −$106B

   ~75%, 2021–2022

3. 3

   Gautam Adani

   Followed a fraud report from short-seller Hindenburg Research — allegations the Adani Group has denied.

   −$80–100B

   weeks, Jan–Feb 2023

4. 4

   Jeff Bezos

   −$80B

   calendar year 2022

5. 5

   Changpeng Zhao (CZ)

   A rough estimate — Binance is private, so there’s no market price to track.

   −$80B (est.)

   2022 crypto winter

6. 6

   Masayoshi Son

   The dot-com crash of 2000 — the previous record-holder before Musk.

   −$58.6–70B

   ~98%, 6 months

7. 7

   Bernard Arnault

   LVMH stock slid on weakening luxury demand.

   −$54B

   Mar–Oct 2024

8. 8

   Sam Bankman-Fried

   A 94% single-day drop on Nov 8, 2022 — the largest one-day loss in Bloomberg Billionaires Index history. $26B to $0.

   −$26B

   days, Nov 2022

Several of these figures vary by tens of billions between sources depending on the exact valuation date used — treat them as well-documented ranges, not exact numbers.