Mark Zuckerberg Net Worth 2026

Mark Zuckerberg’s net worth is about $253 billion to $258 billion as of mid-October 2026, according to Forbes. The Forbes profile showed $252.8 billion on 15 October 2026, and the Forbes Real-Time Billionaires list showed $258.1 billion on 14 October. Both rank him sixth in the world. Most of his wealth is his stake of about 13% in Meta Platforms.

His fortune moves with Meta’s share price. On 15 October 2026 alone, Forbes recorded a one-day move of $8.4 billion, about 3.2%.

What is Mark Zuckerberg’s net worth in 2026?

Forbes puts Mark Zuckerberg’s net worth at between $252.8 billion and $258.1 billion in mid-October 2026, sixth in the world. The two figures are from the same publisher on consecutive days, so the gap reflects daily share price moves.

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On the Forbes real-time ranking of 14 October 2026, he sits behind Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Larry Page, Sergey Brin and Michael Dell, and ahead of Jensen Huang. On the annual Forbes World’s Billionaires list published in March 2026, he was fifth with $222 billion, based on share prices of 1 March. Fortune quoted a figure of $198 billion in April 2026, which shows how far the number can swing within a few months. For the full top tier, see our ranking of the richest people in the world.

How did Mark Zuckerberg make his money?

Zuckerberg made his money by co-founding Facebook in 2004 and keeping a large, controlling stake as it grew into Meta. Nearly all of his net worth is the market value of those shares.

Facebook to Meta

He launched “Thefacebook” with Eduardo Saverin as a directory for Harvard students on 4 February 2004. Facebook priced its initial public offering at $38 a share, and the stock began trading on Nasdaq on 18 May 2012.

Three acquisitions shaped the business. Facebook announced a deal for Instagram in April 2012 for about $1 billion in cash and shares. In February 2014 it agreed to buy WhatsApp for about $16 billion in cash and stock, plus $3 billion in restricted stock units for WhatsApp staff. A month later it agreed to buy Oculus VR for about $2 billion, with a further earn-out of up to $300 million. The company introduced the name Meta on 28 October 2021.

Meta today

Meta reported revenue of $200.97 billion and net income of $60.46 billion for 2025, almost all from advertising. Its headcount was 75,472 as of 30 June 2026, down 1% on a year earlier, after a reduction of about 8,000 roles announced in May 2026.

Salary

Zuckerberg takes a base salary of $1 a year, according to Meta’s proxy statement. He does not take part in the annual bonus plan. His wealth comes from the value of his shares rather than pay.

How much of Meta does Mark Zuckerberg own?

Forbes says Zuckerberg owns about 13% of Meta. Because he holds nearly all of Meta’s Class B shares, which carry ten votes each, he controls about 61% of the voting power, according to a 2026 shareholder letter from the Illinois State Treasurer citing Meta’s filings.

That gap between equity and votes comes from Meta’s dual-class share structure. Meta describes itself as a “controlled company” under Nasdaq rules. It means he controls the company even though he owns a minority of its economic value.

Share sales and gifts

Entities linked to Zuckerberg sell Meta stock under a pre-arranged trading plan. His most recent Form 4 filing shows 27,474 shares sold on 24 September 2026 at about $775 to $780 each, worth about $21.4 million. The shares were held by CZI Holdings LLC and Chan Zuckerberg Biohub, and were sold under a Rule 10b5-1 plan adopted on 31 January 2026.

A separate filing for 7 May 2026 records a gift of interests in Chan Zuckerberg Holdings II LLC, covering about 8.7 million Class B shares. The filing does not name the recipients and states that Zuckerberg is still deemed to have sole voting and investment power over the shares.

Mark Zuckerberg net worth by year

Mark Zuckerberg’s net worth has more than doubled since 2021, according to the annual Forbes World’s Billionaires lists. The figures below are from Forbes list articles.

He was outside the top ten on the 2022 list, when the tenth-placed billionaire had $90.7 billion. Forbes ranked him 16th on its 2015 list, his first time among the world’s 20 richest.

How does Zuckerberg compare with other tech billionaires?

Zuckerberg is the sixth richest person on the Forbes real-time list, about $690 billion behind Elon Musk and about $119 billion behind Jeff Bezos.

Like the others on this list, Zuckerberg is a founder whose wealth is mostly stock in one company. Read more in our profiles of Elon Musk’s net worth and Jeff Bezos’s net worth.

What homes does Mark Zuckerberg own?

Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, own property in California, Hawaii and Florida. Their best-documented purchases total a few hundred million dollars, a small share of his net worth.

• Palo Alto, California: Forbes lists Palo Alto as his place of residence.
• Lake Tahoe, California: Forbes reports $59 million of waterfront property bought in 2019.
• Kauai, Hawaii: in December 2021 he paid $17 million for 110 acres, taking his estate on the island to nearly 1,500 acres, according to Kauai Now.
• Indian Creek, Florida: the couple closed on an unfinished waterfront mansion on 2 March 2026 for $170 million, a Miami-Dade County record reported by the Wall Street Journal. It had been listed at $200 million in November 2025. The house is a few doors from Jeff Bezos’s compound under construction on the same island, according to Fortune.

For context on prices at the very top of the market, see our list of the most expensive houses in the world.

What is the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative?

The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) is the couple’s main philanthropic vehicle. They announced it on 1 December 2015 with a pledge to give 99% of their Facebook shares, then worth more than $45 billion, during their lifetimes.

CZI uses a limited liability company structure rather than a traditional private foundation. When the pledge was announced, Zuckerberg said he intended to keep his majority voting position in Facebook for the foreseeable future.

• Science: Forbes reports the couple are spending $3 billion in an effort to cure, prevent or manage all disease by 2100.
• Global health: CZI contributed to the $225 million needed to launch Resolve, a heart attack and stroke prevention initiative, with partners including the Gates Foundation and Bloomberg Philanthropies.
• Hawaii: the couple gave $50 million to the University of Hawaii at Manoa in January 2022, according to Forbes.