对大多数人来说，一天损失330亿美元简直难以想象。但对埃隆·马斯克来说，这不过是九牛一毛。周三，随着特斯拉和SpaceX股价在美国中期选举后下跌，马斯克的净资产缩水了这一数额。据彭博亿万富翁指数，截至周三收盘，这位特斯拉和SpaceX的掌舵人身家为8650亿美元。他最接近的竞争对手、亚马逊创始人杰夫·贝佐斯身家为3750亿美元，马斯克领先4900亿美元。
For most people, losing $33 billion in a day would be unimaginable. For Elon Musk, it barely makes a dent. Musk's net worth sank by that amount on Wednesday as Tesla and SpaceX shares slid after the US midterm elections. The Tesla and SpaceX boss was worth $865 billion as of Wednesday's close, per Bloomberg's Billionaires Index. His nearest rival, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, was worth $375 billion, leaving Musk $490 billion ahead.
换言之，马斯克即使损失相当于贝佐斯全部身家的数额，仍将以1150亿美元的优势位居全球首富。由于他在SpaceX和特斯拉都持有巨额股份，马斯克的身家超过了贝佐斯和谷歌创始人拉里·佩奇、谢尔盖·布林——他们在富豪榜上分居第3和第4位——两人之和。这些股份也意味着，随着两家公司的股价起伏，马斯克的净资产更可能出现惊人的波动。
In other words, Musk could lose the equivalent of Bezos' entire fortune and still be the richest person on the planet by $115 billion. His huge stakes in both SpaceX and Tesla mean that Musk is worth more than Bezos and Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin — who sit in 3rd and 4th spots on the rich list — combined. Those stakes also mean he's more likely to see his net worth fluctuate by eye-watering amounts as the companies' share prices rise and fall.
周三，特斯拉和SpaceX股价各自下跌超过3%，使两家公司的合计市值蒸发近1000亿美元。这场抛售紧随一场代价高昂的政治失利。马斯克在中期选举前至少花费4.46亿美元支持共和党候选人和团体，其中包括约2.24亿美元支持得克萨斯州的共和党人。然而，该州选民当选了民主党候选人詹姆斯·塔拉里科担任参议员，吉娜·希诺霍萨担任州长。
Tesla and SpaceX shares each dropped more than 3% on Wednesday, wiping close to $100 billion from their combined market value. The sell-off followed a costly political defeat. Musk spent at least $446 million supporting Republican candidates and groups ahead of the midterms, including about $224 million backing Republicans in Texas. Voters there instead elected Democratic candidates James Talarico to the Senate and Gina Hinojosa as governor.
鉴于两家公司总部均设在该州，并且在那里拥有重要业务，选举结果可能对马斯克的企业产生超出单个交易日的影响。特斯拉在美国的主要制造工厂，即超级工厂，位于奥斯汀附近，计划在附近建造马斯克的芯片工厂Terafab。SpaceX也从其星基设施发射星舰。希诺霍萨承诺立即暂停新数据中心的建设，而民主党控制国会可能会对科技公司进行更严格的审查。马斯克在X上回应称，他所谓的“干预选举的空间激光”失败了，并对此开玩笑。
The results could have consequences for Musk's businesses beyond a single trading day, given that both are headquartered in the state and have significant operations there. Tesla's main US manufacturing plant, or Gigafactory, is based just outside Austin, and plans are in place to build Terafab, Musk's chip factory, nearby. SpaceX also launches Starship from its Starbase facility. Hinojosa has pledged an immediate moratorium on new data centers, while Democratic control of Congress could bring closer scrutiny of technology companies. Musk responded on X by joking that his "election-interfering space lasers" had failed.
他补充说，在民主党于得克萨斯州获胜后，SpaceX在轨道上建设数据中心的计划“眼下看起来相当有吸引力”。他的净资产周四势将进一步缩水，特斯拉和SpaceX的股价在盘前交易中再次下跌。
He added that SpaceX’s plans to build data centers in orbit looked "pretty appealing right now" after the Democratic victories in Texas. His net worth is set to fall further on Thursday, with shares in both Tesla and SpaceX lower once again in premarket trading.