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Mark Zuckerberg
Category:
History & Society
- Date:
- 2004 - present
- Ticker:
- META
- Share price:
- $483.59 (mkt close, Mar. 11, 2024)
- Market cap:
- $1.29 tr.
- Annual revenue:
- $134.90 bil.
- Earnings per share (prev. year):
- $15.59
- Sector:
- Technology
- Industry:
- Internet
- CEO:
- Mark Zuckerberg
- Headquarters:
- Menlo Park
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Facebook, American online social media platform and social network service that is part of the company Meta Platforms. Facebook was founded in 2004 by Mark Zuckerberg, Eduardo Saverin, Dustin Moskovitz, and Chris Hughes, all of whom were students at Harvard University. Facebook became the largest social network in the world, with nearly three billion users as of 2021, and about half that number were using Facebook every day. The company’s headquarters are in Menlo Park, California. Access to Facebook is free of charge, and the company earns most of its money from advertisements on the website. New users can create ...(100 of 1213 words)