Meta
TOP 100 LEADERS
07
Mark Zuckerberg
CEO
Meta
US $ 134BN Social Media / AI
Mark founded Facebook in 2004 as a Harvard undergraduate , expanding it from a college social network into a global technology company . Born in White Plains and educated briefly at Harvard before dropping out , he serves as Meta ’ s CEO and controlling shareholder . Under his leadership , Meta acquired Instagram for US $ 1bn , WhatsApp for US $ 19bn , and pivoted the company toward virtual reality , rebranding as Meta in 2021 while investing heavily in AI development .
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