Warren Buffet Loses $1.4 Billion As Wells Fargo Stock Plummets

By on September 23, 2016 in ArticlesBillionaire News

Part of the fallout of the recent Wells Fargo scandal is that some of the world's richest people have taken a massive fall. Most notably, the world's fourth-richest person, Warren Buffet, lost $1.4 billion!

This all comes from the recent revelation that Wells Fargo employees have been opening accounts without client approval – over two million accounts! As a result, Wells Fargo has taken a 3.3% plunge in the stock market, sending its most prominent investors reeling.

The foremost investor in Wells Fargo is Berkshire Hathaway, which has fallen by more than 2% since the scandal was revealed. Though other wealthy people have taken a fall from the bank's sharp drop in value, Buffet has lost the most.

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(Paul Morigi/Getty Images for Fortune/Time Inc)

In the aftermath of the scandal, J.P. Morgan Chase has risen to the most valuable bank in the world.

The massive decline in Wells Fargo stock came in conjunction with other major issues in the market which have had billionaire investors selling shares left and right. One of the most significant factors is the oil glut, which is now expected to stretch into next year.

In the global stock market decline over the past couple of weeks, Amancio Ortega, the world's second-richest person, has lost the most money overall, at about $3.3 billion. Bill Gates, the world's richest person, took a $2.4 billion hit. And Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon.com, who recently became the world's third-richest person, has lost $1.9 billion. Buffet's losses total $1.6 billion all told.

What can I say? Maybe it's just a bad time to be a billionaire.

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