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 heavily in synthetic intelligence in recent times.
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Zuckerberg noticed his internet price enhance by $78 billion in 2024. Per Barrons, Meta shares have been up round 65% this 12 months (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 particular person, Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, whose internet price is presently $256 billion, per Bloomberg.
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