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herding cats

(19,558 posts) Mon Mar 19, 2018, 04:01 PM Mar 2018

Zuckerbergs net worth fell $5 billion today.

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ian bremmer
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@ianbremmer
Facebook’s Cambridge Analytica fallout, through 1pm today:

7% stock plunge
$37bn of market value lost
$5.1bn drop in Zuckerberg’s net worth

Side note: Congrats to Amancio Ortega, who has replaced Zuck as #5 on the Forbes Richest list.

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Zuckerbergs net worth fell $5 billion today. (Original Post) herding cats Mar 2018 OP

Suckitberg underpants Mar 2018 #1

I'd love to be able to lose $5 billion in a day NewJeffCT Mar 2018 #3

Yeah me too underpants Mar 2018 #7

Karma. malchickiwick Mar 2018 #2

He still has more under his couch cushions than... lame54 Mar 2018 #4

Whatta Shame. Not. EOM elfin Mar 2018 #5

Good, they need to burn in hell for the hell they have unleashed on us. Initech Mar 2018 #6

At this rate the poor sucker is only going to be worth sixty billion by the time he goes to bed. nt. NCTraveler Mar 2018 #8

Somehow, he'll have to scrape by... nt TwistOneUp Mar 2018 #9

boo hoo. barbtries Mar 2018 #10

He's been quietly selling off his stock for a long time, but I heard.... Brother Buzz Mar 2018 #11

I've read that too. herding cats Mar 2018 #12

Down ya go. oasis Mar 2018 #13

Well...now he won't be able to afford... KatyMan Mar 2018 #14

Faceborg Best_man23 Mar 2018 #15

underpants

(182,725 posts)

1. Suckitberg

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Mon Mar 19, 2018, 04:02 PM

Mar 2018

NewJeffCT

(56,828 posts)

3. I'd love to be able to lose $5 billion in a day

Reply to underpants (Reply #1)

Mon Mar 19, 2018, 04:06 PM

Mar 2018

and still have more money than all but a handful of people in the world.

underpants

(182,725 posts)

7. Yeah me too

Reply to NewJeffCT (Reply #3)

Mon Mar 19, 2018, 04:17 PM

Mar 2018

How does he have so much money? A platform for pics of cats and boat trips with beer? — I live near the water.

malchickiwick

(1,474 posts)

2. Karma.

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Mon Mar 19, 2018, 04:06 PM

Mar 2018

But really, just a slap on the wrist for his destruction of our democracy.

lame54

(35,277 posts)

4. He still has more under his couch cushions than...

Reply to herding cats (Original post)

Mon Mar 19, 2018, 04:07 PM

Mar 2018

I will earn in my lifetime

elfin

(6,262 posts)

5. Whatta Shame. Not. EOM

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Mon Mar 19, 2018, 04:08 PM

Mar 2018

Initech

(100,054 posts)

6. Good, they need to burn in hell for the hell they have unleashed on us.

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Mon Mar 19, 2018, 04:11 PM

Mar 2018

NCTraveler

(30,481 posts)

8. At this rate the poor sucker is only going to be worth sixty billion by the time he goes to bed. nt.

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Mon Mar 19, 2018, 04:23 PM

Mar 2018

TwistOneUp

(1,020 posts)

9. Somehow, he'll have to scrape by... nt

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Mon Mar 19, 2018, 04:29 PM

Mar 2018

barbtries

(28,787 posts)

10. boo hoo.

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Mon Mar 19, 2018, 04:33 PM

Mar 2018

at these numbers it's all so abstract. i doubt there's anything that is for sale that he couldn't buy if he wanted it.

Brother Buzz

(36,407 posts)

11. He's been quietly selling off his stock for a long time, but I heard....

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Mon Mar 19, 2018, 04:39 PM

Mar 2018

he upped his daily dumping a week, ten days ago. Perhaps he had inside knowledge what was coming down the pike.

herding cats

(19,558 posts)

12. I've read that too.

Reply to Brother Buzz (Reply #11)

Mon Mar 19, 2018, 04:43 PM

Mar 2018

The story was it was to fund some new projects... which may or may not be code named Cover Zuckerberg's Butt.

He has to have knowledge of this coming down the pike, he's literally in the middle of the scandal.