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Zuckerberg's Wealth Surges to $271 Billion as Meta Earnings Impress
1 Aug
Summary
- Zuckerberg's net worth reaches record $271 billion
- Meta shares up over 12% after beating Q2 earnings
- Zuckerberg outlines plans for "personal superintelligence"
On August 1, 2025, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg's net worth reached a staggering $271 billion, up $26.8 billion from the previous day. This surge in wealth came after Meta, the parent company of Facebook, reported impressive second-quarter earnings that exceeded market expectations.
Meta's shares skyrocketed more than 12% in after-hours trading on Wednesday, hitting an all-time high of $780. This strong financial performance has propelled Zuckerberg into the exclusive $200 billion club, making him the third-richest person in the world, behind Tesla CEO Elon Musk and Oracle founder Larry Ellison.
During the earnings call, Zuckerberg shared his vision of building "personal superintelligence" for everyone, a concept he had outlined in a letter just hours before the announcement. He also discussed Meta's multibillion-dollar hiring spree to expand its Superintelligence Labs team, emphasizing the importance of "small talent-dense teams" in driving frontier research in artificial intelligence.
Furthermore, Zuckerberg praised glasses as the "ideal form factor for AI" and suggested that it would be a "significant cognitive disadvantage" not to wear AI-enabled glasses in the future. This aligns with Meta's recent launches of its Meta Ray-Ban glasses and Oakley Meta eyewear, as well as the company's prototype of its augmented reality Orion glasses.
