Facebook’s parent company to pay out to shareholders as it reports $40bn revenues for final quarter
Meta revenue soars as it pivots to AI
Mark Zuckerberg, the chief executive of Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, is expected to receive $700m (£549m) a year in dividends.
On Thursday, Meta announced it would pay its first-ever quarterly dividend to investors since Facebook floated on the stock market in 2012, after beating Wall Street expectations with $40bn in revenues for the final quarter last year.
More Stories
Sing when you’re winning: how karaoke in cars heralds the triumph of Chinese firms
RBA interest rates: Reserve Bank of Australia cuts cash rate to 3.85% amid lowering inflation
M&S expects cyber-attack to last into July and cost £300m in lost profits