Mark Zuckerberg
Co-founder, chairman and CEO of Facebook and Meta Platforms.
- Entries
- 11
- On the record
- 5
- Stories
- 1
- Latest entry
- Jan 20, 2026
The record
Mark Zuckerberg founded Facebook and has been its chief executive and a director since July 2004, adding the chairmanship in January 2012, according to the company's 2016 proxy statement. The same filing says he controls a majority of the voting power, which makes the company a controlled company under Nasdaq rules.
Beyond the 2019 privacy order, his record includes a 2015 pledge filed with the SEC to give away nearly all of his shares, the 2021 renaming of the company as Meta, and a federal antitrust case over the Instagram and WhatsApp deals that a federal court decided for Meta in November 2025.
He has also been sued in his own name. The District of Columbia's attorney general filed a consumer protection suit against him personally in 2022, saying he took part in the decisions behind the Cambridge Analytica data breach. That case's outcome is not in the records read for this file.
Roles and honours on the record
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- Filed
FTC order requires Zuckerberg to file quarterly and annual privacy compliance certifications. Facebook $5B FTC penalty: what it required of Mark Zuckerberg
- Reported
Told Congress: "I started Facebook, I run it, and I'm responsible for what happens here," per the Guardian. Facebook $5B FTC penalty: what it required of Mark Zuckerberg
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The record, entry by entry
- 2004-07 Official The 2016 proxy describes him as the company's founder, a director and its chief executive since July 2004, and notes that he studied computer science at Harvard University. Facebook 2016 proxy statement
- 2015-12-01 Official Facebook told the SEC he would give or direct substantially all his shares during his lifetime through the new Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, selling or gifting no more than $1 billion a year for three years. Facebook Form 8-K
- 2015-12-01 Official The same filing put his holdings at about 4 million Class A and 419 million Class B shares, and said he meant to keep majority voting control for the foreseeable future. Facebook Form 8-K
- 2020-12-09 Filed The FTC sued Facebook for illegal monopolization, alleging the 2012 Instagram and 2014 WhatsApp purchases neutralised threats, and asked a court for remedies that could include divesting both. FTC press release
- 2021-10-28 Official He introduced Meta as the new name of the Facebook company, with financial reporting split into Family of Apps and Reality Labs. Meta newsroom
- 2022-05-23 Filed D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine sued him personally under the District's Consumer Protection Procedures Act, alleging he directly took part in decisions that enabled the Cambridge Analytica breach. D.C. Office of the Attorney General
- 2024-01-31 Reported At a Senate Judiciary hearing on child safety online, he turned to parents in the gallery and apologised after Senator Josh Hawley pressed him, Fortune reported. Fortune report on the hearing
- 2025-11 Ruled The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia ruled for Meta in the FTC monopolization case. FTC press release on the appeal
- 2026-01-20 Filed The FTC announced it was appealing that ruling, maintaining that Meta illegally kept a monopoly in personal social networking for more than a decade. FTC press release on the appeal