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World’s Top Fortunes Fall $196.2 Billion Since Brexit Bombshell
- Europe’s richest pay $81.7 billion price tag for U.K. vote
- The wealthiest in the U.S. and Canada lose $62.5 billion
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Global markets erased another $69.2 billion from the combined net worth of the world’s 400 richest people Monday, bringing the total since the U.K. shocked investors with a vote to leave the European Union to $196.2 billion in the last two trading days.
The billionaires on the index control $3.8 trillion, a 1.8 percent decline from the start of the year, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.