Meta Platforms, Inc.
The world's largest social media conglomerate, operating Facebook (~3.07B MAU), Instagram (~2B MAU), WhatsApp (3B+ MAU), Messenger, and Threads (320M+ MAU), collectively reaching 3.98 billion monthly active people. Generates $201 billion in annual revenue (FY 2025), overwhelmingly from digital advertising. Also builds virtual/mixed reality hardware (Meta Quest), AI-powered smart glasses (Ray-Ban Meta), and leads open-source AI development with PyTorch and Llama large language models. Meta AI assistant surpassed 1 billion monthly active users in 2025.
Give people the power to build community and bring the world closer together.
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About the Company
69,986
Employees
Public (NASDAQ: META)
Stage
~$2.27 billion (pre-IPO across 21 rounds); IPO May 2012 raised ~$16 billion
Funding
$201.0 billion (FY 2025); Q1 2026 revenue $56.31B (+33% YoY)
Revenue
10,000,000
Customers
10,276,120
LinkedIn Followers
📍 HQ: 1 Meta Way, Menlo Park, CA 94025, United States
📈 #1 social media company globally (3 of top 4 platforms by MAU); #2 in global digital advertising behind Alphabet (~13.8% market share)
Legal: Meta Platforms, Inc. · Valuation: ~$1.54 trillion (market cap, June 2026) · Share Capital: 9,241,000,000 authorized shares ($0.000006 par): 5B Class A + 4.141B Class B + 100M Preferred; ~2.53B outstanding
Reg: CIK 0001326801 / Delaware #3835815 (Corporation Service Company, 251 Little Falls Drive, Wilmington, New Castle County, DE 19808)
Managing Directors: Mark Zuckerberg (Founder, Chairman & CEO), Dina Powell McCormick (President & Vice Chairman), Javier Olivan (COO), Susan Li (CFO), Andrew Bosworth (CTO), Chris Cox (CPO), Jennifer Newstead (CLO), Joel Kaplan (President, Global Affairs)
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Tech Stack
🛠️ Engineering & Work Culture
Engineering Culture
Evolved from 'Move Fast and Break Things' to 'Move Fast with Stable Infrastructure.' Strong open-source culture with 944 active public repos, 1.8M+ total GitHub stars, and 7,100+ contributors. Key projects: React, PyTorch, Llama, RocksDB, GraphQL, Presto. Biannual 'Checkpoint' performance reviews. Weekly Q&A sessions with Zuckerberg. Impact-driven engineering organization.
Work Environment
Hybrid
Remote Work Policy
3 days in office, 2 days remote for most employees. Instagram division: 5 days in office (since Feb 2026). Up to 20 business days/year remote from another location ('Global Travel Days'). Fully remote roles rare, require approval.
Methodology
Varies by team — Agile/Scrum, Kanban, and custom workflows
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🌈 Diversity & Inclusion
Meta is committed to building a workforce as diverse as the communities it serves. Doubled Black and Hispanic employees in the US and women globally by 2021 (two years ahead of target). Spent $1.26B with US certified diverse suppliers. Scored 100% on the Human Rights Campaign Corporate Equality Index. Employee resource groups include Black@, Latin@, Pride@, Women@, Asia Pacific Islanders@, Interfaith@, and others.