Mark Zuckerberg

Mark Zuckerberg is an American internet entrepreneur born in 1984 and based in California. He is Meta Platforms’ co-founder and CEO, overseeing Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Messenger, and has an estimated net worth of ~$69.8 billion Wikidata RTB.

Business & SEC Activity

Zuckerberg runs Meta Platforms, whose apps generate most revenue through targeted advertising RTB. SEC records identify Meta Platforms, Inc. and associate Zuckerberg with 1,000 insider filings; recent filings include Form 4 reports, which disclose insider transactions, and Form 144 notices related to proposed securities sales SEC EDGAR.

Philanthropy

The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative has given approximately $7 billion since 2015, with estimated average annual giving of ~$636 million ProPublica 990. Because the initiative is structured as an LLC, most of its activity does not appear on an attributable Form 990, the IRS information return commonly used to report nonprofit finances ProPublica 990.

Political Activity

FEC records list 34 contributions from November 11, 2011, through December 20, 2024, totaling $103,551 FEC. The largest listed recipients were Facebook Inc. PAC ($40,000), Meta Platforms, Inc. PAC ($15,000), the San Francisco Democratic County Central Committee ($10,000), Facebook Inc. PAC ($10,000), and Friends of Schumer ($5,200); the categorized amounts include $26,201 to Democrats, $15,600 to Republicans, and $61,750 to PACs or other recipients FEC.

In the News

Recent headlines reported that some Maryland Facebook and Instagram users said Meta’s artificial-intelligence systems wrongly flagged their accounts for child exploitation NewsAPI. Another headline reported a lawsuit alleging that Meta’s AI smart glasses sent sensitive videos to contractors in Kenya, while a separate report said Zuckerberg was booed at a UFC fight NewsAPI.