Mark Zuckerberg
Mark Zuckerberg is the founder, chairman, and CEO of Meta.
Last updated Oct 5, 2026 by the ATDb Editorial Team
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Bio
Mark Zuckerberg is the founder, chairman, and CEO of Meta. The company, originally founded as Facebook, rebranded to Meta in October 2021 to reflect its expanding portfolio of apps and its focus on immersive social experiences spanning augmented and virtual reality. Advertising has been Meta's foundational and dominant business since its early days, with nearly 98% of its $56.3 billion in first-quarter revenue derived from ad sales. Under Zuckerberg's leadership, Meta is pursuing full AI-driven automation of its advertising platform, leveraging tools that serve 3.43 billion unique active users globally to generate personalized ads — including image, video, and text — and determine targeting and budget recommendations on behalf of advertisers. Most recently, Zuckerberg has moved to diversify beyond advertising by launching subscription tiers for Meta's AI products, priced at $7.99 and $19.99 per month. Source 1: businessroundtable.org — Mark Zuckerberg Source 2: cnbc.com — Meta struggled selling anything other than ads. Will AI be ... Source 3: nypost.com — Meta to fully automate advertising with AI by 2026: report
Career
Founder, Chairman & CEOCurrent
Meta Platforms · Since 2021
CEO
Facebook, Inc. · 2004–2021
Co-founder
Facebook, Inc. · Founded 2004
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Expertise & education
Expertise
Education
- Attended (did not graduate), Computer Science, Harvard University
Recognition
Publications
- Various public earnings call transcripts and investor letters via Meta Investor Relations
- Meta AI Research publications (FAIR) on ad relevance and recommendation systems