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The world's 10 richest people lost $172 billion in 3 days as stocks crashed

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The world's 10 richest people had a combined $172 billion wiped off their fortunes during the stock market's three-day rout, the Bloomberg Billionaires Index shows.

Elon Musk alone has shed $135 billion , bringing the Tesla and SpaceX CEO's net worth below $300 billion for the first time in five months .

The only top 10 member in the green this year is Warren Buffett , the legendary investor who leads Berkshire Hathaway.

Sergey Brin is the cofounder of Google and played a key role in developing its early search algorithms.

He remains one of the company's largest individual shareholders with an estimated 4% stake.

Outside Microsoft , Ballmer also owns the Los Angeles Clippers , an NBA team he purchased in 2014 for $2 billion .

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