Mark Zuckerberg’s wealth keeps growing. The Meta CEO is now the second-richest person in the world, overtaking Jeff Bezos and Bernard Arnault.
Zuckerberg, 40, has much of his wealth tied to Meta Platforms stock. I Photo: Mark Zuckerberg Facebook
With a personal fortune of $206 billion, according to recent figures from Bloomberg’s Billionaire Index, he now only trails Elon Musk, Robert Ilich reported for CNN. Recent figures from Bloomberg’s Billionaire Index show that Zuckerberg has increased his personal fortune by a staggering $78.1 billion in 2024.
He joins an exclusive $200 billion club that only counts two other members: Elon Musk ($256 billion), the CEO of Tesla and X, and Jeff Bezos ($205 billion), the founder of Amazon.
Arnault, the CEO of luxury brand LVMH, recently dropped out of the club, with a fortune of $193 billion. Zuckerberg, 40, who launched Facebook in 2004, has much of his wealth tied to Meta Platforms stock.
Shares of Meta have surged by more than 72% in 2024.
Meta shares recently gained 2.26% to close at a record high of $595.94. Meta operates popular social media platforms Facebook, Instagram, and Threads, as well as the instant messaging app WhatsApp, Ramishah Maruf also reported for CNN.
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