San Francisco — Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s fortune slid $4bn on Thursday as shares of Facebook dropped  more than 8%  after the social-media giant posted its slowest-ever quarterly sales growth.

The decline left Zuckerberg with an $81bn fortune with the shares trading at $210.41 apiece ahead of the close in New York. Despite the drop, Zuckerberg’s net worth is still up in 2020. His fortune had climbed $6.6bn through to the end of Wednesday...

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