DeepSeek hits US stocks, Silicon Valley boss's net worth evaporates tens of billions of dollars
According to Forbes, Chinese generative artificial intelligence startup DeepSeek hit US stocks, NVIDIA's share price plummeted 16%, and its market value evaporated by more than $500 billion. Its CEO Huang Renxun's net worth shrank by $19.80 billion as of 1:45 Beijing time, and his total wealth fell from $124.40 billion to $104.60 billion. It fell to No. 17 in Forbes' real-time billionaire list at No. 10. The steeper shrinkage was Oracle Chairperson Larry Ellison, who fell to No. 4 at $24.90 billion and was overtaken by Meta CEO Zuckerberg.