Meta
Also known as Meta Platforms, Meta Platforms, Inc., Facebook, Inc.
American company behind Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, now spending heavily on AI.
Largest shareholder: Mark Zuckerberg. Run by Mark Zuckerberg (Founder, Chairman and CEO).
Major shareholders
- Mark Zuckerberg
13.68% of equity, 61.2% of the vote 1
Board
Robert Kimmitt (Lead Independent Director), Peggy Alford, Nancy Killefer, Charlie Songhurst, Marc Andreessen, John Arnold, Dana White, John Elkann, Drew Houston, Tony Xu, Patrick Collison 2
Founded by
- Mark Zuckerberg
- Eduardo Saverin
- Dustin Moskovitz
- Andrew Mccollum
- Chris Hughes
People
- Javier OlivanChief Operating Officer
- Susan LiChief Financial Officer
- Andrew BosworthChief Technology Officer
- Chris CoxChief Product Officer
- C.J. MahoneyChief Legal Officer
- Alexandr WangChief AI Officer (named in February 2026 reporting); joined from Scale AI in June 2025
Partners
- NvidiaOrganization
long-term partnership · since Feb 2026 1
- Meta started as TheFacebook in 2004 in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
- Mark Zuckerberg is chairman and CEO and holds most of the voting power.
- It runs a division called Meta Superintelligence Labs; Alexandr Wang is its Chief AI Officer.
- In 2025 it took a 49% non-voting stake in Scale AI.
Why it matters
- One person controls the company by vote, and it is among the largest spenders on AI infrastructure.
- Founded
- February 4, 2004, Cambridge, Massachusetts, as TheFacebook, Inc.1
- Founders
- Mark Zuckerberg, Eduardo Saverin, Dustin Moskovitz, Andrew McCollum and Chris Hughes1
- Headquarters
- Menlo Park, California1
- Public
- Nasdaq, ticker META (Class A)1
- Employees
- 75,472 (June 2026)1
- Zuckerberg's control
- 13.68% of equity, 61.2% of the vote1
Who owns and runs it
Largest shareholder: Mark Zuckerberg. Run by Mark Zuckerberg (Founder, Chairman and CEO).
Major shareholders
- Mark Zuckerberg
13.68% of equity, 61.2% of the vote 1
Board
Robert Kimmitt (Lead Independent Director), Peggy Alford, Nancy Killefer, Charlie Songhurst, Marc Andreessen, John Arnold, Dana White, John Elkann, Drew Houston, Tony Xu, Patrick Collison 2
AI deals, 2025–2026
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Scale AI: $14.3 billion for a 49% non-voting stake4
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Scale AI deal announced3
Values Scale at over $29 billion; Meta holds a minority; founder Alexandr Wang joins Meta and stays on Scale's board.
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Alexandr Wang speaks as Meta's Chief AI Officer5
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Manus AI acquired for $2 billion1
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Limitless acquired1
AI-wearables startup.
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Long-term partnership with Nvidia1
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Moltbook acquired1
A social network for AI bots and agents.
Connections
Founded by
- Mark Zuckerberg
- Eduardo Saverin
- Dustin Moskovitz
- Andrew Mccollum
- Chris Hughes
People
- Javier OlivanChief Operating Officer
- Susan LiChief Financial Officer
- Andrew BosworthChief Technology Officer
- Chris CoxChief Product Officer
- C.J. MahoneyChief Legal Officer
- Alexandr WangChief AI Officer (named in February 2026 reporting); joined from Scale AI in June 2025
Partners
- NvidiaOrganization
long-term partnership · since Feb 2026 1
Links
Sources
- Meta Platforms (Wikipedia) (opens en.wikipedia.org)
- Leadership and governance (Meta investor relations) (opens investor.atmeta.com)
- Scale AI announces next phase of company evolution (Scale AI, June 12, 2025) (opens scale.com)
- Meta's $14.3bn bet on Scale AI to boost global AI push (UNB, June 13, 2025) (opens unb.com.bd)
- New Meta AI models coming soon, says Alexandr Wang (MediaNews4U, February 21, 2026) (opens medianews4u.com)
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