Mark Zuckerberg
Cofounder, Meta Platforms
$223.65B
as of 01/25/25
About Mark Zuckerberg
A 19-year-old Mark Zuckerberg started Facebook in 2004 for students to match names with photos of classmates.
Zuckerberg took Facebook public in 2012; he now owns about 13% of the company's stock.
Facebook changed its name to Meta in 2021 to shift the company's focus to the metaverse.
In 2015, Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, pledged to give away 99% of their Meta stake over their lifetimes.
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Citizenship
United States of AmericaSource of wealth
FacebookResidence
Palo Alto, CaliforniaMarital status
MarriedBirth date
05/14/84 (age 40)Number of children
3Education
Drop Out, Harvard UniversitySelf-made
self-madeMark Zuckerberg’s fortune is worth
4M
troy ounces of gold
3M
median U.S. household
2M
median U.S. income
4.473%
U.S. credit card volume
0.895%
GDP of the United States
0.658%
United States debt
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Did you know?
In 2019, Mark Zuckerberg purchased $59 million worth of waterfront property on Lake Tahoe in California.
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Financial assets
NASDAQ | META-US
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