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Scouting report · META

Mark Zuckerberg

  • Founder, Chairman & CEO, META since 2004src

Founded Facebook in 2004; CEO since, Chairman since 2012, controls the vote

—thin record

Not ranked yet

Scouting sheet

as of 24 Sep 2026
Delivers guidance—no promises on the record yet
Answers the question—no call reviewed yet
Capital allocation—company not reviewed yet
Pay design8089.5% for · 0.04% of net income
Skin in the game—no holding or price on file
Age
41src
In the role
23 yr
Promises scored
0
Hit rate
—
Dodges / 100 answers
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Airtime on calls
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Every promise, oldest firstno scored promises yet

What to weigh

Red flag 1

  • Voting control makes him unremovable by outside holders. The 2026 proposal to end the dual-class structure got 1.31bn votes for and 3.65bn against, counting Class B at ten votes a share. A 2025 version failed 1.29bn to 3.70bnsrc

Watch 4

  • Salary of $1 and no bonus or equity. All $25.1m of 2025 reported pay is 'other': $8.5m of residence and travel security, a $14.0m pre-tax family security allowance and $2.5m of personal private-aircraft usesrc
  • Has pledged 12.0m Class B shares (about 3.5% of his holding, 2.1% of the total vote) as loan collateral, under a board-approved cap of 20% of his shares and loans of at most 5% of their valuesrc
  • Say-on-pay is now triennial after his Class B votes backed three years in 2025. The next vote is due by 2028. A 2026 shareholder proposal to restore an annual vote failed 1.35bn for to 3.62bn againstsrc
  • The $190m Cambridge Analytica derivative settlement resolved claims that directors overpaid in the 2019 FTC deal to shield him personally from liabilitysrc

In their favour 1

  • No open-market purchase or sale in the twelve months to 2026-09-24; his only reported transactions were conversions and gifts to Chan Zuckerberg entitiessrc

Career

  1. 2012 – now
    Meta Platforms (Facebook until 2021)src
    Chairman of the board, Founder & CEO
  2. 2004 – 2012
    Facebooksrc
    Founder & CEO; director since 2004

Achievements

  • Has run the company as founder-CEO since 2004 and chaired the board since 2012; it has been named Meta Platforms since 2021src
  • 2025 revenue rose 22% to $200.97bn, with 3.58bn Family daily active people on average in December 2025, per the 2026 proxy's bonus discussionsrc
  • Under him the company rebuilt its AI program in 2025, hiring new AI talent and forming Meta Superintelligence Labs (proxy's account of 2025)src
  • Gave the 2017 Harvard Commencement address and received an honorary Doctor of Lawssrc

Education

  • Harvard University, none (left before graduating) Computer sciencesrc
  • Harvard University, LLD (honorary) Honorary Doctor of Laws (2017)src

Background

  • Family The 2026 proxy states there are no family relationships among any directors or executive officerssrc
  • Family Married to Priscilla Chan, a pediatrician who co-founded and co-leads the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative with him; married 2012src
  • Founder Controlling shareholder: 341.8m Class B shares (99.8% of the class, ten votes each) held through the 2006 Trust and CZ holding LLCs, 60.8% of total voting power as of 2026-04-01src
  • Giving Co-founder of the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative. Converted and gifted Meta shares to CZ Biohub and the CZI Foundation on 2025-10-31 (639,347 Class A in all) and 591,690 more on 2026-07-31src
  • Legal In July 2025 he and other current and former directors settled the Delaware Chancery derivative suit over Cambridge Analytica and the 2019 FTC privacy settlement a day into trial. The amount, disclosed in November 2025, was $190m, reportedly paid by D&O insurerssrc
  • Other Meta indemnifies him for personal liability he may face as the deemed ultimate controlling shareholder of non-U.S. payments subsidiaries, and charters his wholly owned private aircraft for business travel (about $2.2m in 2025)src
  • Other No other public-company board seat currently or in the past five yearssrc

The promise ledger

No promise on the record yet: the research routine has not scored this company's guidance.

Sources

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  1. Filing Meta Platforms DEF 14A, 2026 annual meeting (accession 0001628280-26-025532) · 2026-04-16
  2. Filing Meta Platforms 10-Q for the quarter ended 2026-06-30, signatures (0001628280-26-050705) · 2026-07-30
  3. Filing Meta Platforms 8-K Item 5.07, 2025 annual meeting results (0001326801-25-000090) · 2025-05-30
  4. Filing Meta Platforms 8-K Item 5.07, 2026 annual meeting results (0001628280-26-039193) · 2026-05-29
  5. Filing SEC XBRL companyconcept us-gaap/NetIncomeLoss, CIK 1326801 (FY2025 10-K, 0001628280-26-003942) · 2026-01-29
  6. Filing Form 4, Mark Zuckerberg (reporting CIK 1548760), conversions and gifts of 2025-10-31 (0000950103-25-014304) · 2025-11-04
  7. Filing Form 4, Mark Zuckerberg, change in form of ownership among CZ holding entities (0000950103-26-007078) · 2026-05-11
  8. Filing Form 4, Mark Zuckerberg, conversion and gift of 2026-07-31 (0000950103-26-011908) · 2026-08-04
  9. Filing EDGAR submissions index for reporting owner Mark Zuckerberg (CIK 1548760): Forms 4 and 144 filed 2025-06 to 2026-09 · 2026-09-24
  10. Web search result WebSearch: Harvard Gazette, Harvard awards 10 honorary degrees at 366th Commencement (2017) · 2026-09-24
  11. Web search result WebSearch: WBUR, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, a Harvard dropout, delivers commencement speech (2017-05-25) · 2026-09-24
  12. Web search result WebSearch: Today.com, Who is Mark Zuckerberg's wife? What to know about Priscilla Chan · 2026-09-24
  13. Web search result WebSearch: NPR, Shareholders and Meta CEO Zuckerberg reach settlement in privacy scandal lawsuit (2025-07-17) · 2026-09-24
  14. Web search result WebSearch: Claims Journal / Bloomberg, Meta board resolves investors' privacy claims for $190 million (2025-11-21) · 2026-09-24