The richest 3 billionaires in the world are suffering heavy losses due to Trump’s fees
Shocking customs decisions ignite markets
Trump announced the imposition of 10% basic customs duties on all imported goods, in addition to “custom” fees of up to 50% on specific countries and regions, most notably China, Taiwan, and India. These measures were entered into force on April 5, which ignited a wave of sale in the financial markets.
The collapse of American indicators within 48 hours
The Dow Jones Industrial Index, the Standard & Poor’s 500, and the compound nasdak fell by more than 5% on Friday, after a similar decrease on Thursday, registered the largest daily loss in years. This collapse prompted the Bloomberg Billionaires Index to record the largest decline in the two days on the date of the index.
Billions of losses affect the 3 richest men in the world
According to the Bloomberg Index, Elon Musk lost $ 30.9 billion, while Mark Zuckerberg’s wealth fell by about 27.34 billion dollars, and the rate of decline in Jeff Bezos’s wealth reached $ 23.49 billion.
This sharp decline is due to the decline in the prices of their companies, Tesla, Meta, and Amazon, directly affected by the high costs of production and their dependence on electronic chips and external manufacturing from Asia countries.
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China and India are under the fire of American drawings
Trump’s decision included imposing 54% fees on Chinese goods, 32% on Taiwan, and 26% on India, which affected the technology sector in particular, which depends on imported components of these countries, and is concentrated in it the richest in the world.
The contraction of the American economy may hit the advertising giants
Economic analyst Jim Kramer pointed out that “the slowdown in American economic growth will negatively affect advertising revenues for both Amazon and Mita,” which explains some of the severe losses to Zuckerberg and Bezos.
Tesla suffers .. and a mask in the eye of the storm
Elon Mask is the largest losses this year, despite his close partnership with Trump as a government efficiency consultant. Tesla announced the sale of only 336,681 vehicles in the first quarter of 2025, a decrease of 13% compared to the same period last year, in its worst quarterly performance since 2022.
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The total losses of Mask since the beginning of the year amounted to about 130 billion dollars, according to the Bloomberg Index, although his net wealth is still at 302 billion dollars, beating Bezos (193 billion dollars) and Zuckerberg ($ 179 billion).
Billionaires of winners from Trump’s fees
But despite the collapse, all billionaires did not lose their money. Dan Gilbert, co -founder of “Rochet Mortage”, has made $ 1.91 billion on Friday, bringing his fortune to 32.4 billion dollars.
As for the Mexican businessman Carlos Selim, he won $ 2.9 billion on Thursday, before losing $ 5.48 billion on Friday, to keep his wealth in the range of $ 80 billion.
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