Clarification: Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes' net worth close to $400 mn

Firstbiz had carried a story based on a Wealth-X report that estimatedFacebook co-founder Chris Hughes’personal fortune to be worth US$1.6 billion. However, Wealth-X has now issued a clarification, saying that Hugheshas exercised nearly all of his Facebook stock options and his “current after-tax net worth is approximately US$400 million. [caption id=“attachment_75608” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] Getty Images[/caption] The initial Firstbiz copy with the wrong figure has been taken down and this is a corrected version of the report.