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The world's richest man, Jeff Bezos, remains the world's richest but he lost $7 billion from Friday to Monday. Over the last month, he's down $18 billion. Amazon's share prices have dropped due to fear that the coronavirus outbreak will slow the economy globally. Amazon shares fell 7% between the close of trading on Friday and the opening of the markets Monday.

Tesla founder Elon Musk lost $4 billion overnight after tweeting that "coronavirus panic is dumb." His losses total more than $12 billion over the last month. That said, Musk is the only person in the top 30 richest who has positive growth in 2020 for his net worth. Tesla shares are up 53% year to date and more than 126% over the past 12 months.

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Warren Buffett has seen his net worth fall $4 billion since Friday and $12 billion over the past month. He has a net worth of $82 billion, making him the fourth richest person in the world, just behind LVMH's Bernard Arnault. Arnault is the biggest loser so far in this coronavirus driven stock market panic. Shares of his luxury goods conglomerate are down 24% since January. Arnault's fortune has fallen by $30 billion over the past month.

Analysts believe that it will get worse before it gets better, so for your own sanity, stop watching the value of your stocks and/or 401K!