Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook’s CEO, has seen his net worth soar as the social network’s stock price has skyrocketed. Zuckerberg took the No. 4 spot on Forbes400 2018 list.
- Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook’s CEO, has seen his net worth soar as the social network’s stock price has skyrocketed.
- In April 2018, he testified before Congress after it was revealed that Facebook shared users’ data with political consulting firm Cambridge Analytica.
- Zuckerberg started Facebook at Harvard in 2004 at the age of 19 for students to match names with faces in class.
- He took Facebook public in May 2012 and still owns nearly 17% of the stock.
- In December 2015, Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, pledged to give away 99% of their Facebook stake over their lifetimes.
THE FORBES400 2018 list
|
Rank
|
Name
|
Net Worth
|
Philanthropy Score
|
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jeff Bezos | $160 B | 2 | |
| 2 | Bill Gates | $97 B | 5 | |
| 3 | Warren Buffett | $88.3 B | 5 | |
| 4 | Mark Zuckerberg | $61 B | 5 | |
| 5 | Larry Ellison | $58.4 B | 4 | |
| 6 | Larry Page | $53.8 B | 4 | |
| 7 | Charles Koch | $53.5 B | 4 | |
| 7 | David Koch | $53.5 B | 4 | |
| 9 | Sergey Brin | $52.4 B | 4 | |
| 10 | Michael Bloomberg | $51.8 B | 5 | |
| 11 | Jim Walton | $45.2 B | 2 | |
| 12 | Alice Walton | $44.9 B | 3 | |
| 12 | S. Robson Walton | $44.9 B | N/A | |
| 14 | Steve Ballmer | $42.3 B | 4 | |
| 15 | Sheldon Adelson | $35.5 B | 4 | |
| 16 | Phil Knight & family | $33.8 B | 4 | |
| 17 | Michael Dell | $27.6 B | 5 | |
| 18 | Jacqueline Mars | $24 B | 2 | |
| 18 | John Mars | $24 B | 2 | |
| 20 | Laurene Powell Jobs & family | $20.5 B | 5 | |
| 21 | Paul Allen | $20.3 B | 5 | |
| 22 | Thomas Peterffy | $20.2 B | N/A | |
| 23 | Jim Simons | $20 B | 5 | |
| 24 | Elon Musk | $19.6 B | 1 | |
| 25 | Ray Dalio | $18.1 B | 4 | |
| 26 | Rupert Murdoch & family | $18 B | 1 | |
| 27 | Len Blavatnik | $17.9 B | 3 | |
| 28 | Abigail Johnson | $17.3 B | 3 | |
| 29 | Harold Hamm & family | $17.2 B | 2 | |
| 30 | Donald Bren | $16.4 B | 4 | |
| 31 | Carl Icahn | $16.3 B | 4 | |
| 32 | Lukas Walton | $15.3 B | 1 | |
Source: Forbes
