SpaceX and Tesla founder Elon Musk lost almost $17 billion in a day, Forbes reports..

Losses amounted to $ 16.9 billion, shares of the automaker fell 9.2 percent a day after the leak of Musk's order to reduce the staff at Tesla by 10 percent. Now the fortune of the entrepreneur, who is the richest man in the world, is estimated at 216.8 billion dollars..

“The main thing investors are probably thinking about right now is that Musk shut up. It has been surprisingly quiet over the last week and stocks have been on a good run,” said chief market strategist Miller Tabak + Co.. Matt Maley.