Meta Platforms, Inc., (formerly: Facebook, Inc.) until October 28, 2021, is an American multinational technology conglomerate holding company based in Menlo Park, California.
It is the parent organization of Facebook and its subsidiaries. It is one of the world’s most valuable companies and is considered one of the Big Five companies in U.S. information technology, alongside Amazon, Alphabet, Apple, and Microsoft.
- Founded: January 4, 2004
- Founders: Mark Zuckerberg; Eduardo Saverin; Andrew McCollum; Dustin Moskovitz; Chris Hughes
- Headquarters: Menlo Park, California, U.S.