Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is now worth an estimated $206 billion, placing him at No. 2 on Bloomberg’s Billionaires Index.
Zuckerberg, who founded Facebook in 2004, has a 13% stake in Meta, which owns Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram, and X’s newbie, Threads. The company has invested heavily in artificial intelligence in recent years.
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Zuckerberg saw his net worth rise to $78 billion by 2024. Per Barrons, Meta shares are up nearly 65% this year (through Thursday’s close).
“Across Facebook and Instagram, advances in AI continue to improve the quality of recommendations and drive engagement,” Zuckerberg said in August. In July, Zuckerberg published a letter on Facebook pushing open source AI.
Zuckerberg jumped slightly ahead of the current No. 3, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos ($205 billion).
Meanwhile, Zuckerberg is about $50 billion behind the world’s richest man, Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, who is currently worth $256 billion, per Bloomberg.
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