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The technology company Facebook, Inc., [a] held its initial public offering (IPO) on Friday, May 18, 2012. [1] The IPO was one of the biggest in technology and Internet history, with a peak market capitalization of over $104 billion.
In 2020, Facebook, Inc. spent $19.7 million on lobbying, hiring 79 lobbyists. In 2019, it had spent $16.7 million on lobbying and had a team of 71 lobbyists, up from $12.6 million and 51 lobbyists in 2018. [121] Facebook was the largest spender of lobbying money among the Big Tech companies in 2020. [122]
Facebook announces that it is acquiring the Sequoia Capital-backed multi-platform mobile messaging app WhatsApp for US$16 billion ($4 billion in cash, $12 billion in Facebook shares) plus an additional $3 billion in restricted stock units to be granted to WhatsApp’s founders and employees that will vest over four years subsequent to closing.
Analysts believe Alphabet will raise earnings by an average of 17% annually over the long term. Today, the stock trades at a ... social media via Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Threads, and he ...
Facebook’s Net Worth. $279.95B. All information on 52-week range accurate as of Feb. 19, 2021. About Facebook. Headquarters. Menlo Park, Calif. Year Founded. 2004. CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s Net Worth.
What the Analysts Say. Of 44 analysts covering Facebook in February, 17 rate the stock a “strong buy” and 24 rate it a “buy,” according to Yahoo Finance. That’s down from January 2021 ...
t. e. Meta Platforms (formerly Facebook, Inc.) is a technology company that has acquired 91 other companies, including WhatsApp. The WhatsApp acquisition closed at a steep $16 billion; more than $40 per user of the platform. Meta also purchased the defunct company ConnectU in a court settlement and acquired intellectual property formerly held ...
Mark Zuckerberg launched Facebook in 2004 and took the company public in 2012. In November 2021, Facebook changed its name to Meta Platforms, Inc. The company owns Instagram , its flagship ...