The story of Meta Platforms

2004 –

Meta Platforms. American social media company founded as Thefacebook in 2004; renamed Meta Platforms in 2021.

2004

Peter Thiel invested in Meta Platforms. First outside investor (10.2%), $500,000.

Feb 2004: Mark Zuckerberg founded Meta Platforms.

Since Jul 2004: Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta Platforms.

2005

Apr 2005 – Jun 2013: Jim Breyer, board member of Meta Platforms.

Apr 2005 – May 2022: Peter Thiel, board member of Meta Platforms.

May 2005: Accel invested in Meta Platforms. Lead investor, 2005 round, $12.7M.

Widely reported as Facebook’s Series A. Facebook’s 2012 prospectus dates its Series A financing to 2005 and lists Accel among the parties to its investors’ rights agreement.

Jim Breyer invested in Meta Platforms. Personal investment alongside Accel, $1M.

1 Sep 2005 – Aug 2011: Randi Zuckerberg worked at Meta Platforms. Director of marketing.

She left in August 2011 to start her own company.

Oct 2007

Microsoft invested in Meta Platforms. Equity stake at a $15 billion valuation, $240M.

31 Mar 2016

The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative owns a stake in Meta Platforms. 414,569,691 shares, as of 31 Mar 2016.

445,946 Class A and 414,123,745 Class B shares (414,569,691 in all), held by Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, LLC. Facebook’s filings say Mark Zuckerberg controls the voting of these shares.

21 May 2024

Meta Platforms invested in Scale AI. New investor in the $1 billion Series F.

Amazon, Cisco Investments, Intel Capital and others also joined as new investors.

Jun 2025 –

Alexandr Wang worked at Meta Platforms. Chief AI Officer.

Meta confirmed on 2025-06-12 that he would join; Mark Zuckerberg’s staff memo of 2025-06-30 says he has joined as Chief AI Officer. The exact start date is not stated.

Meta Platforms, headquartered in Menlo Park.

Meta Platforms owns a stake in Scale AI.

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