Meta Platforms
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.
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 Entrance sign at Meta's headquarters complex in Menlo Park, California | |
| Meta | |
| Formerly | Facebook, Inc. |
| Company type | Public company |
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| Founded | October 28, 2021 in California, United States |
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| Headquarters | , U.S. |
Area served | Worldwide (except blocked countries) |
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| Revenue |  US$85.97 billion (2020) |
| US$32.67 billion (2020) | |
| 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 |
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It owns several social media platforms, including Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Threads. It owns Reality Labs, a virtual reality company.
References
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- "Facebook is getting more serious about becoming your go-to for mobile payments". The Verge. August 11, 2020. Retrieved August 11, 2020.
- "Our History". Facebook. Archived from the original on November 15, 2015. Retrieved November 7, 2018.
- Shaban, Hamza (January 20, 2019). "Digital advertising to surpass print and TV for the first time, report says". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on January 9, 2021. Retrieved June 2, 2019.
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- "FB Balance Sheet". NASDAQ.com.
- "Stats". Facebook. June 30, 2019. Archived from the original on November 15, 2015. Retrieved July 25, 2019.
- "Facebook - Financials". investor.fb.com. Retrieved January 30, 2020.
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