Four days after November’s presidential election, Mark Zuckerberg wrote a lengthy note downplaying the role that fake news on Facebook had in the outcome. More difficult for him to dispute, though, is the recent downward trajectory of his fortune; since November 8, Zuckerberg’s net worth has decreased by nearly $3.7 billion.

That figure is based on a 7% decline in Facebook’s share price between Election Day and the end of normal trading at 4:00 P.M. EST on Friday. Despite the fall, Zuckerberg is still the planet’s fifth-richest person, according to FORBES’ real-time rankings of the world’s billionaires, worth an estimated $49 billion.

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