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Who is behind Meta Platforms?
Shows documented founders, leaders, board members, funders and owners. Not who made decisions, or why.
A connection is not evidence of wrongdoing.
2004 –
Who is behind Meta Platforms?
Shows documented founders, leaders, board members, funders and owners. Not who made decisions, or why.
Feb 2004
Founded by. Feb 2004: Mark Zuckerberg founded Meta Platforms.
Jul 2004 –
Led by. Since Jul 2004: Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta Platforms.
Apr 2005 – Jun 2013
Board. Apr 2005 – Jun 2013: Jim Breyer, board member of Meta Platforms.
Apr 2005 – May 2022: Peter Thiel, board member of Meta Platforms.
2004
Money in. 2004: Peter Thiel invested in Meta Platforms. First outside investor (10.2%), $500,000.
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.
Oct 2007: Microsoft invested in Meta Platforms. Equity stake at a $15 billion valuation, $240M.
31 Mar 2016
Owners. 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.
Shows documented founders, leaders, board members, funders and owners. Not who made decisions, or why.
A connection is not evidence of wrongdoing.
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