Elon Musk Just Broke A World Record But It Isn’t Good

Elon Musk just broke a new world record but it isn’t what you think…

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has just broken the world record for the “worst fortune lost”.

Between November 2021 and January 2022, Musk lost a total of over $200 billion dollars.

Despite the massive loss of wealth, Musk is still the richest man in the world with a $146 billion dollar net worth.

Elon Musk sets Guinness World Record for losing most money https://t.co/Xp19syR37x

— The Independent (@Independent) January 11, 2023

Breitbart broke the story:

Tesla CEO, Twitter owner, and self-promoter Elon Musk has broken the world record for “worst loss of fortune,” according to Guinness World Records.

The Washington Post reports that according to Guinness World Records, Elon Musk, the tech billionaire and CEO of Tesla, has experienced the “worst loss of fortune in history.” Data from Forbes and the Bloomberg Billionaires Index states that between November 2021 and January 2022, Musk lost about $200 billion. The previous record was held by Japanese billionaire Masayoshi Son, CEO of SoftBank, who lost $58.6 billion during the 2000 tech stock crash. Taking inflation into account, that loss would be equivalent to about $100 billion today.

The loss occurs in the wake of Musk’s $44 billion acquisition of Twitter, where he fired thousands of employees. Investors in Tesla, the electric vehicle manufacturer that Musk owns, have expressed concern as a result, saying that he is wasting too much time trying to improve Twitter at the expense of Tesla. Tesla stock has lost 39 percent of its value since December 1, 2022.

Calculating a person’s net worth at a particular moment in time can be challenging as external factors like market conditions or governmental policy can cause significant fluctuations in the value of a stock that is tied to an entrepreneur’s net worth to occur quickly.

Elon Musk has set a Guinness World Record for losing the most wealth ever.

The Tesla and Twitter CEO erased so much of his money since November 2021 that he's broken the world record for the "largest loss of personal fortune in history," Guinness said. https://t.co/u1ohJzs0fw

— USA TODAY (@USATODAY) January 10, 2023

Elon Musk now holds the Guinness World Record for the most money ever lost by a single person: between $180 billion and $200 billion — largely due to the poor performance of Tesla stock.https://t.co/sNDGd3FWiw

— NPR (@NPR) January 13, 2023

NPR shared these details:

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has broken a record for the largest amount of money lost by one person, according to Guinness World Records.

Musk lost between $180 billion and $200 billion since November 2021, largely due to the poor performance of Tesla stocks in recent years, according to the report.

His fortune went from about $320 billion in 2021 to its current level of about $147 billion. Still, Musk remains the second-richest person in the world, behind Bernard Arnault, the CEO of luxury goods conglomerate LVMH, according to numbers by Forbes.

Despite Tesla setting new sales records in 2022 (it grew deliveries by 40% from the previous year), the stock lost 65% of its value in 2022, due to competitors.

The previous record for the most money lost by one person was $58.6 billion, set by Japanese tech investor Masayoshi Son in 2000, according to the Guinness report.