Mark Zuckerberg.

Mark Zuckerberg is the Founder, Chairman, and CEO of Meta Platforms, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Threads-a family of applications used by over 3.9 billion people monthly, making Meta the most widely used consumer technology platform in human history.

Zuckerberg founded Facebook in 2004 from his Harvard dorm room at age 19, and it rapidly became the dominant social network globally. Meta generates over $130 billion in annual revenue, primarily through digital advertising. In 2021, Zuckerberg renamed the company Meta to reflect his vision for the metaverse-immersive virtual and augmented reality experiences-investing tens of billions in Reality Labs and VR headsets. More recently, Meta has become one of the most important AI companies in the world, releasing the Llama family of open-source large language models and deploying AI assistants across its platforms. Zuckerberg's creation of the platform that connected billions of people-and his continued bet on AI and the metaverse-makes him one of the most consequential entrepreneurs of the 21st century. His influence on communication, media, advertising, and technology is unmatched by virtually any other living entrepreneur.