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Eight Tech Tycoons Lose $33 Billion This Year Amid Tencent Bust
Eight Chinese technology billionaires have this year seen their fortunes shrink by a combined $33.3 billion.
16 Aug 2018, 10:41 PM IST
(Bloomberg) -- Tencent Holdings Ltd.’s first profit drop in at least a decade came as a shock to investors, but founder Ma Huateng is far from the only Chinese tech mogul suffering from a reversal in sentiment. Eight Chinese technology billionaires, from NetEase Inc.’s William Ding to Lens Technology Co.’s Zhou Qunfei, have this year seen their fortunes shrink by a combined $33.3 billion -- an amount greater than the size of Latvia’s...
(Bloomberg) -- Tencent Holdings Ltd.’s first profit drop in at least a decade came as a shock to investors, but founder Ma Huateng is far from the only Chinese tech mogul suffering from a reversal in sentiment. Eight Chinese technology billionaires, from NetEase Inc.’s William Ding to Lens Technology Co.’s Zhou Qunfei, have this year seen their fortunes shrink by a combined $33.3 billion -- an amount greater than the size of Latvia’s economy -- as investors soured on their companies.
To contact the reporter on this story: Venus Feng in Hong Kong at vfeng7@bloomberg.net
To contact the editors responsible for this story: Pierre Paulden at ppaulden@bloomberg.net, Philip Lagerkranser, Robert Fenner
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