{"id":144889,"date":"2024-09-30T13:09:09","date_gmt":"2024-09-30T13:09:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/09\/30\/mark-zuckerbergs-metaverse-gamble-pays-off-with-201-billion-fortune\/"},"modified":"2024-09-30T13:09:09","modified_gmt":"2024-09-30T13:09:09","slug":"mark-zuckerbergs-metaverse-gamble-pays-off-with-201-billion-fortune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/09\/30\/mark-zuckerbergs-metaverse-gamble-pays-off-with-201-billion-fortune\/","title":{"rendered":"Mark Zuckerberg\u2019s Metaverse Gamble Pays Off With $201 Billion Fortune"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Mark Zuckerberg’s bet on the metaverse initially looked like a colossal mistake, wiping more than $100 billion (roughly Rs.\u00a08,39,113 crore)\u00a0from his net worth. But now it’s paying off big-time.<\/p>\n

Buoyed by a record-high Meta Platforms<\/a>\u00a0share price, Zuckerberg’s net worth has climbed almost sixfold in less than two years to $201 billion (roughly Rs. 16,86,617 crore), the first time he’s exceeded the $200 billion mark (roughly Rs. 16,78,226 crore), according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. He’s moved to fourth place on the list of the world’s 500 richest people behind Elon Musk<\/a>, Jeff Bezos<\/a>, and Bernard Arnault.<\/p>\n

While other tech titans made big jumps in net worth this year \u2014 Nvidia<\/a>\u00a0Chief Executive Officer Jensen Huang, for example, has more than doubled his wealth to $106.2 billion (roughly Rs.8,91,138 crore)\u00a0\u2014 none has grown as much as Zuckerberg’s. He’s added $73.4 billion (roughly Rs.\u00a06,15,908 crore) to his fortune since January 1, thanks to his 13 percent stake in Meta. The stock closed at an all-time high on Wednesday and is up 60 percent this year.<\/p>\n

It’s a far cry from 2022, when the stock, and Zuckerberg’s<\/a>\u00a0net worth, took a nosedive after his company had undergone massive changes, including a name change and big investments in the metaverse. At the time, Meta struggled to find its footing with short-form video while competitor TikTok rose in popularity. Now, analysts think that the pivot from Facebook to Meta is finally coming to fruition as the company heavily leans into its Orion Augmented Reality glasses<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith the confluence of Meta’s hardware improvements over the last five years and progress with AI, Orion represents Meta’s evolution from a social media company to a Metaverse company,\u201d JMP Securities analysts wrote in a note to investors this week.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Since 2022, Meta has cut tens of thousands of employees, shrinking its global workforce by 25 percent. The Menlo Park, California-based company has made moves to improve its stock performance, including a $50 billion (roughly Rs.\u00a04,18,928 crore) share buyback program and Meta’s first-ever quarterly dividend.<\/p>\n

It has also hopped onto the Artificial-Intelligence (AI) bandwagon, spending heavily on data centers and computing power as Zuckerberg works to build a leading position in the industry-wide AI race. The company recently announced further investments into AI-generated creators, which interact one-on-one with online fans.<\/p>\n

Zuckerberg’s public image has also changed dramatically from two years ago. Previously portrayed as a nerdy techie, the 40-year-old CEO has taken up wakesurfing and mixed martial arts. A photo of a seven-foot statue of his wife, Priscilla Chan, recently went viral on Instagram, with Zuckerberg claiming that he was \u201cbringing back the Roman tradition of making sculptures of your wife.\u201d<\/p>\n

He’s also said he plans to stay out of politics. After earlier offering up his views on social justice, inequality and immigration issues, he has since publicly expressed regret about some of his political activity.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe political environment, I think I didn’t have much sophistication around, and I think I just fundamentally misdiagnosed the problem,\u201d he said during a live podcast event in San Francisco.<\/p>\n

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