Mark Zuckerberg Falls To Fifth Richest Man In The World After Social Media Outage

Mark Zuckerberg has fallen down a place on the world’s richest list as Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp went down.

His personal wealth has fallen more than $6billion in just a few short hours as social media suffered a worldwide outage.

According to Bloomberg’s Billionaires Index, his stock plummeted 4.9% on Monday.

Zuckerberg’s worth went down to $121.6 billion, dropping him below Bill Gates to No. 5 on the list.

Facebook responded to backlash on Twitter.

“We’re aware that some people are having trouble accessing our apps and products. We’re working to get things back to normal as quickly as possible, and we apologize for any inconvenience.”

We’re aware that some people are having trouble accessing our apps and products. We’re working to get things back to normal as quickly as possible, and we apologize for any inconvenience.

— Facebook (@Facebook) October 4, 2021

6 hours later, the account offered thanks to social media users for “bearing with them” whilst the issue was in the process of being resolved.

To the huge community of people and businesses around the world who depend on us: we’re sorry. We’ve been working hard to restore access to our apps and services and are happy to report they are coming back online now. Thank you for bearing with us.

— Facebook (@Facebook) October 4, 2021

Zuckerberg faced some criticism as he was silent throughout the outage.

He offered a personal apology on his Facebook account.

Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook

“I know how much you rely on our services to stay connected with the people you care about” he writes.

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