August 6, 2026

Elon Musk Loses $87 Billion In A Single Day As SpaceX Stock Craters After Earnings

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Elon Musk lost roughly $87 billion in a single trading session on Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2026, according to Forbes’ Real-Time Billionaires Index, which showed his fortune sliding from $783.3 billion to $696.1 billion, an 11.1% drop. Bloomberg’s Billionai...