Pinduoduo founderColin Huang has seen $27 billion evaporate from his personal coffers in 2021, the worst loss of wealth of anyone in the world this year, according to Bloomberg.- Huang's losses dwarf even those of Evergrande founder Xu Jiayin, who had lost $16 billion as of last Thursday.
- Six of the 10 billionaires who have lost the most wealth this year are Chinese denizens, including Huang, Xu, and
Tencent 's Pony Ma.
Even as a $4, China's assault on the tech sector continues to take its toll, costing one Chinese tycoon billions in personal wealth, according to the latest edition of the $4 published last week.
$4 founder Colin Huang has seen $27 billion evaporate from his personal coffers in 2021, the worst loss of wealth of anyone in the world this year, according to Bloomberg. Huang's losses dwarf even those of Evergrande founder Xu Jiayin, who had lost $16 billion as of last Thursday.
Huang's Pinduoduo has lost more than 40% of its value so far this year, outstripping the already massive losses of Chinese tech titans like Tencent and
The latest Bloomberg numbers are in line with previous numbers in August that found $4, about a third of his wealth, since Didi's disastrous IPO. Huang currently owns 28% of Pinduoduo after stepping down as CEO and chairman earlier this year, according to Bloomberg.
The collapsing valuations have come as the state is undergoing a wide-ranging effort to reorganize Chinese society toward the notion of "common prosperity."
As such, six of the 10 billionaires who have lost the most wealth this year are Chinese denizens, according to Bloomberg. They include Huang, Evergrande's Xu, and Tencent's Pony Ma.
Alibaba founder