In a major setback for Elon Musk the worlds richest man lost $15.9 billion (roughly Rs 1374136035000) in a single day due to a massive drop in Tesla stock prices. Musk suffered a significant erosion in his net worth which fell to $379 billion according to Bloomberg Billionaire Index. However the SpaceX CEO made a marginal recovery gaining around $6 billion taking his current net worth to $384.8 billion as per Forbes Real Time Billionaires List. Net worth of worlds richest plummets Meanwhile the six of the world 10 richest individuals witnessed an erosion of their net worth on Tuesday even as Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg Microsofts Bill Gates Bernard Arnault and ace investor Warren Buffet emerged as winners. Despite losing the coveted title of being the only person with a $400 billion fortune Elon Musk remains firmly perched at the top of the global rich list boasting a net worth of $384.8 billion as of February 12 2025. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg ($248.2 billion) occupies the second spot followed by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos ($243 billion) in 3rd place Larry Ellison ($213.4 billion) at fourth Arnault ($185.3 billion) at fifth and Google founder Larry Page ($151.4 billion) at sixth place. Warren Buffet is ranked 7th on the list ($146.3 billion) followed by Google co-founder Sergey Brin ($144.6 billion) in eighth spot Spanish business tycoon Amancio Ortega ($125 billion) and former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer ($121.3 billion) in the ninth and 10th spots respectively. Mukesh Ambani and Gautam Adani net worth Meanwhile amid declining trends at the domestic stock market the net worth of Mukesh Ambani Asias richest man tumbled to $90.4 billion while Adani Group chairman Gautam Adani witnessed a small revival of fortunes his net worth surging to $56.4 billion as per Forbes. Mukesh Ambani remains the richest man in India and all of Asia and the 18th wealthiest globally while Gautam Adani is the second wealthiest in India and 26th on the global rich list.