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Meta Platforms, Inc. is an active United States corporation headquartered in Menlo Park, California. Established in 2004, the company operates in the computer programming and data processing industry. It is listed on the Nasdaq exchange under the ticker symbol META. The organization has 58,604 employees and reported total revenue of 200,966,000,000. Its market capitalization stands at 1,445,000,000,000, with total assets of 159,316,000,000 and total equity of 128,290,000,000.

The company’s operating income is 83,276,000,000. Net profit figures include 18,485,000,000, 22,112,000,000, 229,000,000, and 15,934,000,000. Meta maintains a social media following of 13,909,057. The entity is also identified by the acronym FB and the aliases Facebook and Meta Platforms.

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Company

META
Industry
Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc.
Exchange
Nasdaq
State of incorporation
DE
Entity type
operating
Jurisdiction
US-DE
Headquarters
MENLO PARK, US

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Type
Company, Funder
Founded
2004
Location
Menlo Park, United States
Also known as
FB, Facebook, Meta Platforms
Status
Active
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Encyclopedic overview

Meta Platforms, Inc. (doing business as Meta) is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Menlo Park, California. Meta owns and operates several prominent social media platforms and communication services, including Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, Messenger, and Threads. The company also operates an advertising network for its own sites and third parties; as of 2023, advertising accounted for 97.8 percent of its total revenue. Meta has been described as a part of Big Tech, which refers to the largest six tech companies in the United States, Alphabet (Google), Amazon, Apple, Meta (Facebook), Microsoft, and Nvidia, which are also the largest companies in the world by market capitalization.

The company was originally established in 2004 as TheFacebook, Inc., and was renamed Facebook, Inc. in 2005. In 2021, it rebranded as Meta Platforms, Inc. to reflect a strategic shift toward developing the metaverse—an interconnected digital ecosystem spanning virtual and augmented reality technologies.

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