Mark Zuckerberg
Co-founder and CEO of Meta, who connected billions of people into a single social graph.
Live standing
Where they stand
They trail Sergey Brin by $8.40B. They lead Michael Dell by $14.80B.
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Key takeaways
At a glance
Net worth is almost entirely Meta stock.
Survived a 2022 crash, then a record recovery on AI and efficiency.
Betting heavily on VR/AR and AI.
Editorial summary
Summary
Mark Zuckerberg founded Facebook in a Harvard dorm in 2004 and built it into Meta, the company behind Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and a multi-billion-dollar bet on virtual and augmented reality. His wealth is concentrated in Meta stock. After a steep 2022 decline driven by metaverse spending and ad headwinds, Meta’s pivot to efficiency and AI drove one of the largest wealth recoveries on record.
Profile
Fast facts
- Age
- 41
- Source of wealth
- Self-made score
- 8/10
- Residence
- Palo Alto, California
- Citizenship
- United States
- Marital status
- Married
- Children
- 3
- Education
- Dropped out, Harvard University
Where the money sits
Wealth & empire
Curated, rounded split of net worth by holding. It is an editorial estimate, not a Forbes figure, and the dollar values are that split applied to today’s live net worth.
Over time
Wealth trajectory
| 2018 | $71B |
|---|---|
| 2019 | $62B |
| 2020 | $55B |
| 2021 | $97B |
| 2022 | $125B |
| 2023 | $65B |
| 2024 | $177B |
| 2025 | $210B |
| 2026 | $209.7B |
Curated year-by-year net worth in billions of US dollars. Drag or use the arrow keys to scrub. The last point is today’s live figure.
Beyond the balance sheet
Personal life
Born in White Plains, New York, Zuckerberg lives in California with his wife Priscilla Chan, with whom he runs the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative.
Primary voice
In their words
“The biggest risk is not taking any risk.”
“Move fast and break things.”
“People don’t care about what you say, they care about what you build.”
Quotations are curated editorially and have not been independently verified. Check the original source before citing.
Questions
FAQ
How did Mark Zuckerberg make his money?
Through Meta (formerly Facebook), the social-media company he co-founded in 2004. His Meta shares are nearly his entire net worth.
What is Meta’s metaverse bet?
Meta has invested tens of billions of dollars into virtual and augmented reality through its Reality Labs division, a long-term wager that immersive computing will succeed the smartphone era.
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