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在疫情于国外疯狂肆虐的同时，国外的股市市场也因此遭受疯狂大崩溃。国外有一篇很有意思的报道，对全球的一些亿万富豪因此次市场奔溃而损失的财富做了个统计。
Following a global stock market crash on March 12, now known as Black Thursday – the greatest single-day fall since the 1987 stock market crash – Mukesh Ambani has lost his place as Asia’s wealthiest man, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. Bloomberg also reported that the world's 500 richest people lost a combined US$238.5 billion last week.
随着被3月12日全球股市奔溃——黑色星期三，自从1987年股市奔溃以来的最大跌幅，根据彭博亿万富翁指数显示，Mukesh Ambani（穆克什·安巴尼，印度首富）已经失去了他“亚洲首富”的宝座。根据数据显示，在上周，全球前500的富豪们共因此蒸发了2385亿美元。
Now, let’s take a closer look at the Forbes Billionaires numbers to see what it means for some of the world’s best known billionaires.
现在，让我们看一些这对那些在福布斯排行榜上富豪都意味着什么。
Jeff Bezos (USA)
The world’s richest man and Amazon founder and CEO, Jeff Bezos, has seen a loss of 7.13 per cent (US$8 billion) from his wealth, down to a mere US$104.4 billion. His divorce with wife MacKenzie Bezos in July 2019 resulted in transferring a quarter of his Amazon stake to her – making her one of the richest women in the world. He currently owns nearly a 12 per cent stake in the company.
杰夫·贝佐斯
全球最大的富豪，亚马逊创始人兼CEO,杰夫·贝佐斯,已经因此失去了7.13%（80亿美元）的财富，剩下仅仅1040亿美元。他的前妻麦肯齐·贝佐斯因在2019年7月与他离婚，并因此获得了他亚马逊四分之一的股票（史称最贵的离婚），并一跃成为了全球最大的女富豪。杰夫·贝佐斯现在拥有公司接近12%的股权。
Bill Gates (USA)
Microsoft boss Bill Gates has seen a loss of 5.09 per cent - about US$5.3 billion - which has caused his net worth to dip just below the US$100 billion dollar mark to US$99.2 billion. Gates and his wife Melinda chair the world’s largest private charity organisation, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The Microsoft founder has so far donated US$35.8 billion worth of the company’s stock to the foundation. He owns about 1 per cent of shares in the company and has invested in different stocks and assets, making him the second wealthiest man in America.
比尔盖茨
微软老板比尔盖茨因此失去了5.09%（大概53亿美元）的财富，这让他的财富净值下降到了1000亿美元以下，现总值992亿美元。比尔盖茨与他的妻子梅琳达掌管着世界上最大的慈善机构，比尔及梅琳达·盖茨基金会。作为微软创始人，他已经把价值358亿美元的公司股份捐献给了慈善基金会。比尔盖茨现持有的微软股份仅达1%，并且他还投资了各种股票与资产，这使他只能落居成为全美国第二的富豪。
Warren Buffett (USA)
CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, Warren Buffett’s net worth is now US$71.5 billion after losing 6.83 per cent (US$5.2 billion). Buffet pledged to give away more than 99 per cent of his fortune. In 2019 he donated US$3.6 billion to charitable causes, making good on his promise in 2010 when he and Bill Gates launched the Giving Pledge that encourages billionaires to donate half their wealth to charitable causes.
沃伦巴菲特
伯克希尔·哈撒韦公司的CEO，沃伦巴菲特的财富在失去6.83%（大约52亿美元）后，净值715亿美元。巴菲特曾承诺会将自己99%的财富馈赠出去。在2019年，他为慈善事业共捐赠了36亿美元，兑现了他在2010年与比尔盖茨共同提倡的捐赠誓言（the Giving Pledge）。此誓言旨在鼓励更多的亿万富翁为慈善事业捐赠一半财富。
Mark Zuckerberg (USA)
If you think that consumer goods, services and retail are the most affected – think again. Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has seen one of the biggest percentage losses among his billionaire peers with 9.05 per cent to his wealth. His net worth decreased to US$57.4 billion after losing US$5.7 billion. He still owns about 15 percent of Facebook stock. The company has come in for criticism for facilitating fake news.
马克扎克伯格
假如你认为这次风波影响最大的是消费品行业，服务业和零售业的话，那请你再重新思考一下。Facebook创始人马克扎克伯格已经是亿万富翁里面财富损失率最多之一，他失去了他财富的9.05%。在失去57亿美元之后，他只剩下574亿美元的财富净值。他仍然Facebook股份的15%。由于前段时间的假新闻时间，Facebook已经面临着各种批判的声音。
Jack Ma (China)
E-commerce is another area that has suffered in the current global economic climate. Alibaba co-founder and owner of the South China Morning Post, Jack Ma, lost US$1.7 billion, reducing his net worth to US$39.4 billion. The former English teacher stepped down as Alibaba’s executive chairman in September 2019.
马云
电子商务是另外一个遭受现在全球经济形势所影响的行业。阿里巴巴创始人兼南华日报股东，马云，财富失去了17亿美元之后剩下394亿美元。在2019年9月，这位乡村英语老师已经卸去了阿里巴巴首席执行官一职。
不知道因此蒸发掉这么多财富的富豪们心里面现在是什么感受，或许对他们而言，这些只是数字上的变动而已。然而，这里面的每一个数字，对于平民来说，都会是一辈子都难以想象的财富吧。
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