Meta Platforms, Inc. is an American technology company founded as Facebook in 2004 by Mark Zuckerberg and four Harvard classmates.
The company serves 3.35 billion daily users across Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Messenger. Revenue reached $164.5 billion in 2024.
Meta is headquartered in Menlo Park, California, and trades on NASDAQ.
About Meta
SectorTechnology
IndustrySocial Media / Internet
CEOMark Zuckerberg
Websitemeta.com
HeadquartersMenlo Park, CA
FoundedFebruary 4, 2004
StatusPublic (NASDAQ: META)
Meta Founders
Mark Zuckerberg
Co-Founder, Chairman & CEO
Eduardo Saverin
Co-Founder
Dustin Moskovitz
Co-Founder
Chris Hughes
Co-Founder
Andrew McCollum
Co-Founder
Meta History
Feb 2004
Mark Zuckerberg and four Harvard classmates launched Facebook from a dorm room in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Apr 2012
Facebook acquired Instagram for approximately $1 billion, adding a fast-growing photo-sharing platform to its portfolio.
May 2012
The company went public on NASDAQ, raising $16 billion in one of the largest tech IPOs in history at the time.
Feb 2014
Facebook purchased WhatsApp for $19 billion, making it one of the largest technology acquisitions ever completed.
Oct 2021
Facebook, Inc. officially rebranded to Meta Platforms, Inc. to reflect its expanding focus beyond social media.
FAQs
Who owns Meta?
Mark Zuckerberg controls Meta through a dual-class stock structure that gives him majority voting power. Institutional investors like Vanguard and BlackRock hold large equity stakes, and the company trades publicly on NASDAQ under the ticker META.
Who made Meta logo?
Meta's in-house creative team, Creative X, designed the logo in partnership with type foundry Dalton Maag and Saffron Brand Consultants. The infinity-loop symbol was sculpted partly in VR and released in October 2021.
When did Meta come out?
The company originally launched as Facebook on February 4, 2004. It rebranded to Meta Platforms on October 28, 2021, when Mark Zuckerberg announced the name change at the annual Facebook Connect conference.
Is Meta an American company?
Yes. Meta Platforms, Inc. is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Menlo Park, California. It was incorporated in the United States and trades on the NASDAQ stock exchange.
