Pakyong, March 6 -- Following a widespread outage on Meta's leading platforms Facebook and Instagram, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg witnessed a staggering decline in his net worth, plummeting by nearly $3 billion within a single day, as reported by the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.

Despite this substantial setback, Zuckerberg managed to maintain his status as the fourth-richest individual globally. The outage, which persisted for approximately an hour, contributed to a 1.6% decrease in Meta shares, thereby exacerbating the decline in Zuckerberg's overall net worth. At the conclusion of the overnight trading session on Wall Street, Meta shares concluded at $490.22 each.

On Tuesday evening, users encountered significant difficulties accessing ...