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Mark Zuckerberg’s Net Worth Tumbles $4 Billion With Facebook’s Slide

Facebook Inc. dropped 5.7%, a day after the social-media giant posted its slowest-ever quarterly sales growth.

Mark Zuckerberg’s Net Worth Tumbles $4 Billion With Facebook’s Slide
Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive officer and founder of Facebook Inc., pauses while speaking during a House Financial Services Committee hearing in Washington, D.C.(Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg)

(Bloomberg) -- Mark Zuckerberg’s fortune slid $4 billion Thursday as shares of his Facebook Inc. dropped 5.7%, a day after the social-media giant posted its slowest-ever quarterly sales growth.

The decline left the chief executive officer with an $81 billion fortune as of 10:07 a.m in New York, with the shares trading at $210.41 apiece. Zuckerberg, 35, remains the world’s fifth-richest person, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. The ranking officially updates after the close of each trading day in the U.S.

Mark Zuckerberg’s Net Worth Tumbles $4 Billion With Facebook’s Slide

Despite the drop, Zuckerberg’s net worth is still up this year. His fortune had climbed $6.6 billion through Wednesday.

Shares of Menlo Park, California-based Facebook had dropped as much as 8.3% Thursday before paring the decline.

To contact the reporter on this story: Tom Metcalf in London at tmetcalf7@bloomberg.net

To contact the editors responsible for this story: Pierre Paulden at ppaulden@bloomberg.net, Peter Eichenbaum

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