Meta Platforms

Meta Platforms
	Logo since 2021
	Entrance sign at Meta's headquarters complex in Menlo Park, California
Trade name	Meta
Formerly	Facebook, Inc.
Type	Public company
Traded as	NASDAQ: FB (Class A); Nasdaq-100 component; S&P 100 component; S&P 500 component;
Industry	Social media; Social network advertising; Consumer electronics;
Founded	October 28, 2021; 3 years ago in California, United States
Founders	Mark Zuckerberg; Eduardo Saverin; Andrew McCollum; Dustin Moskovitz; Chris Hughes;
Headquarters	Menlo Park, California, U.S.
Area served	Worldwide (except blocked countries)
Key people	Mark Zuckerberg (CEO); Sheryl Sandberg (COO); David Wehner (CFO); Mike Schroepfer (CTO); Chris Cox (CPO);
Brands	Facebook; Instagram; Messenger; WhatsApp; Oculus; Workplace; Portal; Diem;
Revenue	US$85.97 billion (2020)
Operating income	US$32.67 billion (2020)
Net income	US$29.15 billion (2020)
Total assets	US$159.32 billion (2020)
Total equity	US$128.29 billion (2020)
Owner	Mark Zuckerberg (controlling shareholder)
Number of employees	60,654 (March 31, 2021)
Divisions	Facebook Reality Labs
Subsidiaries	Novi Financial
Website	www.meta.com
	Footnotes / references;

Meta Platforms, Inc., known before 2021 as Facebook, Inc., is an American multinational Internet corporation which owns Facebook. It was owned by Mark Zuckerberg, other founders and the shared ownership given to its employees but it went public on February 1, 2012, and was headquartered in Menlo Park, California. Meta, Inc. started to be publicly negotiated on May 18, 2012.

It owns several social media platforms, including Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Threads. It owns Reality Labs, a virtual reality company.

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Billboard on the Thomson Reuters building welcomes Facebook to Nasdaq, 2012
Early chart of Facebook's stock
Mark Zuckerberg, co-founder, chairman and CEO of Meta, in 2012
Entrance to Meta's headquarters complex in Menlo Park, California
Entrance to Facebook's previous headquarters in the Stanford Research Park, Palo Alto, California
Facebook headquarters in 2014