By David Goldman, CNN
Elon Musks rigdomsødelæggelse er blevet historisk.
The CEO of Tesla (TSLA), SpaceX and Twitter is worth $137 billion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, good enough for second place on the list of the world’s richest behind LVMH (LVMHF) Chairman Bernard Arnault. But at its peak in November 2021, Musk’s net worth was $340 billion.
That makes Musk the first person ever to lose $200 billion in wealth, Bloomberg rapporteret sidste uge.
Guess who is now world’s richest person? It’s no longer Elon Musk
Hvad skete der
The bulk of Musk’s wealth is tied up in Tesla (TSLA), whose aktien faldt 65% i 2022. Demand for Tesla (TSLA)s weakened as competition in electric vehicles from established automakers surged last year. The company missed its growth targets and scaled back production in China. Its fourth-quarter deliveries, announced Monday, missed Wall Street’s estimates.
Beviser på bilkøberes synkende interesse for Teslaer blev tydelige i sidste måned, efter at selskabet annoncerede et sjældent salg i et forsøg på at rydde op på lager. Tesla tilbød to rabatter til købere, der modtog et køretøj inden årets udgang, og tilbød i første omgang en rabat på $3,750, hvorefter rabatten blev fordoblet til $7,500 med to uger tilbage i 2022.
Investors were rattled by the rebates, sending the stock falder 37 % i december.
Critics have long questioned whether Tesla was ever worth the trillion-dollar valuation it had at the start of 2022. At its peak, Tesla was worth more than the 12 largest automakers on the planet combined, despite having a fraction of their sales. Tesla ended the year worth $386 billion — still much larger than its automaker rivals but far smaller than the tech titans — Apple (AAPL), Microsoft, (MSFT) Google (GOOGL) and Amazon (AMZN) — with which it was being compared a year ago.
Why are Tesla shares tanking? It’s more than Musk’s fascination with Twitter
Twitter impact
Musk's $44 billion purchase of Twitter hasn’t helped Tesla’s stock or Musk’s personal wealth, either. Musk, Tesla’s largest shareholder, has sold $23 billion worth of Tesla shares since his interest in Twitter became public in April.
Hans konstante tweeting og stadig mere uberegnelige adfærd, især efter at have overtaget som CEO hos Twitter, har gjort Tesla-investorer vrede, der ønsker, at Musk skal være mere opmærksom på hans betydeligt større og mere værdifulde virksomhed. Musk har forsvaret sig mod kritikere og sagt, at han ikke har gået glip af et større Tesla-møde, siden han påtog sig ansvaret for Twitter.
Teslas aktie kan stige, og Musk kan igen blive verdens rigeste person. Men Musks ry som et geni tog alvorlig skade i 2022 - næsten lige så stor skade som hans personlige rigdom.
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