Tech billionaires see wealth shrink amid 2022 stock crunch


Musk largely financed his US$44bil (RM194.1bil) buyout of Twitter by selling off shares in Tesla, putting the share price into an even steeper downward spiral. — AP Photo/Susan Walsh

WASHINGTON: The fortunes of Silicon Valley billionaires took a beating in 2022 as share prices of the world's tech giants plummeted.

Here are some of the worst hit by this year's tech stock downturn.

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