Mark Zuckerberg's dwindling — yet still massive — fortune: By the numbers

The social media wunderkind shot onto the list of the world's 40 wealthiest people when Facebook's stock made its debut. Then, almost as quickly, he fell back off

At the peak of his fortune, Mark Zuckerberg had amassed $19.4 billion. The poor Facebook CEO is now down to a measly $14.4 billion.
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Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg vaulted into elite company when his social networking company's stock made its debut, and the value of his shares made him one of the world's 40 richest people. In the two weeks since Facebook's closely watched May 18 initial public offering, Facebook stock has plummeted, and Zuckerberg has dropped off the list, at least for now. Here, a look at the 28-year-old social media tycoon's roller-coaster finances, by the numbers:

$19.4 billion

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