Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is now price round $206 billion, which places him within the No. 2 spot on Bloomberg’s Billionaires Index.
Zuckerberg, who based Fb in 2004, has a 13% stake in Meta, which owns Fb, WhatsApp, Instagram, and the newer X competitor, Threads. The corporate has invested closely in synthetic intelligence lately.
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Zuckerberg noticed his internet price improve by $78 billion in 2024. Per Barrons, Meta shares have been up round 65% this yr (by Thursday’s shut).
“Throughout Fb and Instagram, advances in AI proceed to enhance the standard of suggestions and drive engagement,” Zuckerberg mentioned in August. In July, Zuckerberg revealed a letter on Fb pushing for open-source AI.
Zuckerberg jumped barely forward of the present No. 3, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos ($205 billion).
In the meantime, Zuckerberg is about $50 billion behind the world’s richest individual, Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, whose internet price is at the moment $256 billion, per Bloomberg.
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