Meta Platforms

"Facebook, Inc." redirects here. For the social media service, see Facebook.

"Meta (company)" redirects here. For other companies of the same name, see Meta (disambiguation) § Businesses.

For other uses of the word Meta, see Meta.

Meta Platforms, Inc.

Headquarters in Menlo Park, California
Trade name	Meta
Formerly	TheFacebook, Inc. (2004‍–‍2005) Facebook, Inc. (2005–2021)
Type	Public
Traded as	Nasdaq: META (Class A) Nasdaq-100 component S&P 100 component S&P 500 component
Industry	Social media Advertising
Founded	February 4, 2004 (2004-02-04) in Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.
Founders	Mark Zuckerberg Eduardo Saverin Dustin Moskovitz Andrew McCollum Chris Hughes
Headquarters	Menlo Park, California , U.S. 37°29′06″N 122°08′54″W
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Mark Zuckerberg (chairman and CEO) Dina Powell (vice chair and president) Javier Oliván (COO) Andrew Bosworth (CTO) Chris Cox (CPO) Susan Li (CFO)
Products	Facebook Instagram Messenger Threads WhatsApp
Revenue	US$201 billion (2025)
Operating income	US$83.3 billion (2025)
Net income	US$60.5 billion (2025)
Total assets	US$366 billion (2025)
Total equity	US$217 billion (2025)
Owner	Mark Zuckerberg (13.68% equity; 61.2% voting)
Number of employees	75,472 (June 2026)
Divisions	Reality Labs Mapillary Superintelligence Labs
ASN	32934
Website	meta.com
Footnotes

Meta Platforms, Inc. (doing business as Meta), headquartered in Menlo Park, California, is an American multinational technology company and is one of the Big Tech companies. Meta owns and operates several prominent social media platforms and communication services, including Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, Messenger, and Threads. The company also operates an advertising network for its own sites and third parties; as of 2023, advertising accounted for 97.8% of its total revenue.

The company was established in 2004 as TheFacebook, Inc., and was renamed Facebook, Inc. in 2005. In 2021, it rebranded as Meta Platforms, Inc. to reflect a strategic shift toward developing the metaverse—an interconnected digital ecosystem spanning virtual and augmented reality technologies.

Meta is ranked 17th on the Fortune 500 and 16th on the Forbes Global 2000. As of 2022, it was the world's third-largest spender on research and development, with R&D expenses totaling US$35.3 billion.