For many, the third quarter of the year is a time of reassessment and strategy readjustment. For the ultra-wealthy, the third quarter started on somewhat of a turbulent note.
Titans of industry, the billionaires who grace the headlines of financial newspapers every day, have seen some shifts in their fortunes since July 1.
We used the fluctuation of share prices, along with Bloomberg Billionaires Index to get an idea of exactly how much the net-worth of the world's richest has shifted since the beginning of the quarter.
The Scoreboard: Winners And Losers Of Q3
| Name | Company | Share Price Change From July 1 | Net Worth |
| Elon Musk | Tesla Inc | -11.93% | $216 Billion |
| Jeff Bezos | Amazon.com, Inc | +1.33% | $159 Billion |
| Bill Gates | Microsoft Corporation | -5.93% | $126 Billion |
| Larry Ellison | Oracle Corp | -5.14% | $129 Billion |
| Mark Zuckerberg | Meta Platforms Inc | -0.01% | $105 Billion |
| Larry Page | Alphabet Inc | +7.77% | $116 Billion |
| Warren Buffett | Berkshire Hathaway Inc | +3.95% | $118 Billion |
| Sergey Brin | Alphabet Inc | +7.77% | $110 Billion |
| Jim Walton | Walmart Inc | -0.03% | $71.2 Billion |
It's not all bad, though. Here's how they've fared since the beginning of the year.
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| Name | Company | YTD Change |
| Elon Musk | Tesla Inc | +$79.2 Billion |
| Jeff Bezos | Amazon.com, Inc | +$51.6 Billion |
| Bill Gates | Microsoft Corporation | +$17.0 Billion |
| Larry Ellison | Oracle Corp | +$37.5 Billion |
| Mark Zuckerberg | Meta Platforms Inc | +$59.8 Billion |
| Larry Page | Alphabet Inc | +$32.9 Billion |
| Warren Buffett | Berkshire Hathaway Inc | +$10.4 Billion |
| Sergey Brin | Alphabet Inc | +$30.6 Billion |
| Jim Walton | Walmart Inc | +$7.33 Billion |
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