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Tech Billionaires Who Lost Big

The Meltdown

A round up of Silicon Valley’s recession victims.

There's nothing like a little schadenfreude to cheer you and your shrinking bank account up in these tumultuous times. Silicon Alley Insider brings the goods with "The Biggest Losers: Tech Edition," a list of tech billionaires and the loads of cash they've recently lost. Google's Sergey Brin and Larry Page top the list with a staggering $12.1 billion in losses. Tech newbies aren't immune (Mark Zuckerberg has lost $3 billion), and neither are the veterans (Larry Ellison is down $6 billion). Even the one-time richest man in the world is down a cool $3.5 billion. No worries though, Bill Gates has still got $55.5 billion in his coffers.

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