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Mark Zuckerberg's fortune sheds $71B as Meta Platforms' stock struggles

Shares of Meta Platforms have tumbled more than 56% year to date

By Lucas Manfredi

Mark Zuckerberg has watched his fortune tank since his social media company Facebook rebranded itself as Meta Platforms in October 2021 and shifted its focus to the metaverse.

According to the Bloomberg Billionaire's Index, Zuckerberg has lost $71 billion so far this year, landing him in the 20th spot among global billionaires with a net worth of $55 billion – his lowest ranking since 2014.

According to Meta Platforms' latest proxy statement, Zuckerberg owns more than 350 million shares of the company's stock, which is down more than 56% year to date as of the time of publication.

In February, Zuckerberg's wealth took a massive hit after the company reported weaker-than-expected earnings in the fourth quarter of 2021.

During the quarter, its Reality Labs segment, which focuses on virtual and augmented reality and is crucial to the company's metaverse ambitions, saw a fourth-quarter operating loss of $3.3 billion. In addition, the company forecast that Apple's privacy changes to iOS would put a $10 billion dent in its revenue for 2022.

Since then, the company's challenges have been further exacerbated by growing economic uncertainty and increased competition from TikTok.

In its most recent quarter in July, the company reported net income of $6.69 billion, or $2.46 per share, compared to $10.39 billion, $3.61 per share, a year earlier. Meanwhile, revenue fell to $28.82 billion from $29.08 billion a year earlier.

The company expects third quarter 2022 revenue to be in the range of $26 billion to $28.5 billion, citing a continuation of weak advertising demand driven by broader macroeconomic uncertainty. It also anticipates that third quarter Reality Labs revenue will be lower than the $452 million reported by the segment during the second quarter.

Meta implemented a hiring freeze for most mid- to senior level positions in July. At the time, the company said its hiring efforts were outpacing active recruiting goals based on volume and changing business demand in a post-pandemic market.

Meta expects total expenses for 2022 to be in the range of $85 billion to $88 billion, down from previous guidance of $87 billion to $92 billion.

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(FOX Business)

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Greg Tingle

A strong news report by Lucas at Fox News. Facebook's digital business challenges are not alone in the tech or media sector, but may have the strongest news value. Seems the FAANG factor has bitten a few of the major players back over the past number of months, namely Facebook and Apple. To their credit, Google is still going strong (not counting the European business ruling against them). 'N' for Netflix remains friendly, and is facing competition from the likes of Murdoch's tubi, Binge and Amazon Prime Video. Then in niche social you have the new UFC - IRL deal, as per MMA canvas branding as seen on PPV and appropriately named Fight Night, with Fight Pass optional! Quality niche like players are taking the fight to the FAANG's. The fans aka public will decide. As always if you can't find the product, it's you! Stay on the Fox hunt to identify the hens, bulls, bears, good and bad actors. Facebook is facing the music and gets news impact they might do without. Zuck vs The World in MTV 'Celebrity Death Match', or Musk and/or Trump as a Truth or Dare no holds barred match-up!