Meta Platforms: American multinational technology corporation
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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| 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.
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