World’s Wealthiest Lose $83 Billion Amid Global Rout in Equities

The world’s 200 richest people lost $83 billion from their collective net worth this week after global markets tumbled amid the biggest selloff in stocks since September 2011.

One of the biggest losers was Mexico’s Carlos Slim, 73, whose fortune fell by $5 billion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. The telecommunications tycoon’s net worth has plunged $13.6 billion this year as his main holding, a 44 percent stake in America Movil SAB, the largest mobile-phone operator in the Americas, declined 15.4 percent.