Mark Zuckerberg (4/20)

Mark Zuckerberg, with a net worth of approximately $176.5 billion in 2024, is the co-founder and CEO of Meta Platforms (formerly Facebook). Born in 1984 in White Plains, New York, he displayed an early talent for programming. In 2004, while studying at Harvard University, he launched Facebook, initially a campus network, which grew into the world’s largest social media platform. Today, Meta oversees products like Instagram, WhatsApp, and Oculus, with Zuckerberg leading innovations in AI, virtual reality, and the metaverse. Known for his philanthropy, he and his wife, Priscilla Chan, pledged billions through the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative for global health and education.