Mark Zuckerberg
01Overview
Mark Zuckerberg is worth about $215B by our estimate as of November 13, 2026. About $213 billion of that is the 341 million Meta shares he holds directly and through companies he controls, about 13% of the company he started in a Harvard dorm room in 20041. The rest is cash, homes in California, Hawaii, Washington and Miami, and a $300 million yacht with its own support ship.
Forbes put him at $214 billion on November 13, 2026, and Bloomberg at about $227 billion in a figure reported by Benzinga in November6. Because nearly everything he owns is public stock, the estimates likely differ mainly by date, share price and how much cash each assumes; our scenario range is $210B to $225B. Our headline deducts an assumed $3 billion for a loan secured by his shares; Forbes and Bloomberg do not say whether they deduct it.
| Full name | Mark Elliot Zuckerberg |
| Born | May 14, 1984, White Plains, New York |
| Age | 42 |
| Role (as of November 2026) | Founder, chairman and chief executive of Meta Platforms |
| Source of wealth | Meta stock |
02Reconcile the Estimate
Almost all of Zuckerberg's fortune is one number anyone can check: his Meta shares times the share price. Meta's November 2, 2026 information statement lists 341,215,148 Class B shares held by him, his 2006 trust and a group of Chan Zuckerberg LLCs he controls, as of October 1, 20261. That is about 13.4% of Meta's economic value and about 60.6% of the votes. The rest of the estimate, cash, homes and two yachts, is small next to it. Meta also discloses that 12 million of his shares secure a loan; the amount is not public, so the headline deducts an assumed $3 billion from the cash line, which is our own model.
| Counted | Basis | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Meta sharesMarket price | 341,215,148 Class B shares as of October 1, 20261, at the November 12, 2026 close of $623.61 | $213B |
| Cash and investments, less the assumed loanModeled | Modeled: about $4 billion of cash and investments (dividends since 2024 after tax and purchases, plus an assumed balance from before 2024), less an assumed $3 billion owed on the loan secured by 12 million pledged shares1. The full table is in the section From Dividends to Cash, below | $1.0B |
| HomesEstimated | Reported purchase prices: Palo Alto, Kauai, Lake Tahoe and Washington, D.C. (about $306 million), plus an assumed $150 million for the Miami house reported in February 2026, whose price was not disclosed3 | $0.46B |
| YachtsEstimated | Launchpad (about $300 million) and its support ship Wingman (about $100 million), as reported4 | $0.4B |
| Estimated net worth (the rows add to $215B; we round to the nearest $5 billion) | $215B | |
How the $215B Estimate Is Built
| Meta sharesMarket price | $213B | 99% | |
| Cash and investments, less the assumed loanModeled | $1.0B | 0% | |
| HomesEstimated | $0.46B | 0% | |
| YachtsEstimated | $0.4B | 0% |
Solid: holdings counted from a filing value, a market price or a public record. Hatched: values we modeled or estimated, including values taken from disclosed ranges.
| Left out | Why | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Shares held by Chan Zuckerberg Biohub | 1,220,703 Class A shares he controls but in which he has no financial interest, according to Meta1 | Not counted |
| Loan secured by Meta shares | 12,000,000 shares held by CZI Holdings I, LLC (about $7.5 billion of stock) are pledged as collateral for debt whose amount Meta does not disclose1. We deduct an assumed $3 billion in the cash row above; the scenarios use $5 billion and none | Assumed $3B, deducted above |
| Other liabilities | None disclosed. Any would reduce the total. | Unknown |
Scenarios: Cash and the Share-Backed Loan
Meta is held at the same 341,215,148 shares and $623.61 in all three. The difference is how much cash he has and whether a loan comes off the top.
| Scenario | Cash and other investments | Loan deducted | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Low | $1.5B | $5B (about two-thirds of the $7.5 billion of pledged shares) | $210B |
| Base (headline) | $4B | $3B (40% of the pledged shares, our assumption) | $215B |
| High | $10B | None (if the loan has been repaid) | $225B |
All three add about $0.9 billion for homes and yachts. Results are rounded to the nearest $5 billion.
Meta share count from its information statement filed November 2, 2026 (SEC); price from the Nasdaq close on November 12, 2026; dividends from Meta's announcements; property and yacht prices as reported. Whose wealth this is: his. The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative is a limited liability company he and Priscilla Chan control, not a charity5, so shares and cash held in it are counted here; money it has already given away is not.
Not observable: How much cash he holds after two decades of stock sales, most of which funded the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative; the size of the loan secured by 12 million shares; what the Miami house cost; and any sales or gifts since October 1, 2026. Together the cash and loan assumptions span about $13.5 billion between our low and high scenarios. Every $10 move in Meta's stock moves the total by about $3.4 billion.
What if Meta's share price changes?
Cash net of the assumed loan, homes and yachts are held at $1.9 billion.
03Published Estimates
| Source | Date | Estimate |
|---|---|---|
| DaveManuel.com estimate | November 13, 2026 | $215B (range $210B-$225B) |
| Forbes | November 13, 2026 | $214.3B |
| Bloomberg Billionaires Index | Reported by Benzinga in November 2026 (Bloomberg's own date not given) | About $227B |
All three are dominated by the same Meta shares; Meta's price moved from $641 to $624 between November 10 and November 12, which alone is worth about $6 billion. Neither Forbes nor Bloomberg publishes how much cash it assumes.
04Positions
| Organization | Role |
|---|---|
| Meta Platforms (Facebook) | Founder, chairman and chief executive2004 to present |
| Chan Zuckerberg Initiative | Co-founder, with Priscilla ChanDecember 2015 to present |
05How the Fortune Was Built
| 1984 | Born May 14 in White Plains, New York. | |
| 2004 | Launches TheFacebook from his Harvard dorm room on February 4. | |
| 2005 | Leaves Harvard to run Facebook full time. | |
| 2012 | Facebook goes public on May 18 at $38 a share; marries Priscilla Chan the next day; buys Instagram. | $1B |
| 2014 | Buys WhatsApp. | $19B |
| 2015 | With Chan, pledges 99% of their Facebook shares to the new Chan Zuckerberg Initiative. | |
| 2021 | Renames the company Meta Platforms on October 28. | |
| 2024 | Meta pays its first dividend. | |
| 2026 | Meta announces a new non-voting Class C stock. The charter change takes effect January 19, 2027; the dividend of one Class C share for each Class A and Class B share follows on record and payment dates the board sets, no later than the fifth business day after that8. |
06Profile
| Spouse | Priscilla Chan (married May 19, 2012) |
| Children | Three |
| Residence | Palo Alto, California; homes in Kauai, Lake Tahoe, Washington, D.C. and Miami |
| Education | Harvard University (left in 2005 to run Facebook; honorary degree 2017) |
| Meta stake | About 13.4% of the equity and 60.6% of the votes (October 1, 2026) |
07The Meta Stake
Zuckerberg holds Meta's Class B shares, which carry ten votes each; that is why about 13% of the company gives him about 60% of the votes. Meta's November 2, 2026 information statement lists who holds them as of October 1, 2026: his 2006 trust (3,388,097), CZI Holdings, LLC (100,102,127), CZI Holdings I, LLC (12,000,000) and a series of Chan Zuckerberg Holdings LLCs (225,724,824 between them), plus 100 shares in CZ Management, LLC1. At $623.61, the close on November 12, 2026, the 341,215,148 shares are worth $213B.
From time to time he sells small amounts under trading plans, converting Class B shares to Class A first; a filing typically shows a few million to a few tens of millions of dollars2, too little to change the headline between our reviews.
08The 99% Pledge
In December 2015 Zuckerberg and Chan pledged to give away 99% of their Facebook shares during their lifetimes, then worth about $45 billion5. They do it through the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, which is a limited liability company rather than a private foundation: it can invest in companies and fund political causes, and the shares it holds are still theirs. That is why his Meta shares are counted in full here, as Forbes and Bloomberg also count them. Shares already given to Chan Zuckerberg Biohub are not his; Meta says he has no financial interest in them1.
09Homes and Yachts
He owns a cluster of houses in Palo Alto (bought 2011 to 2013), large parcels on Kauai bought from 2014 onward, two estates at Lake Tahoe ($22 million and $37 million in 2018) and a $23 million house in Washington, D.C. bought in 2025. The reported prices of those add up to about $306 million3. In February 2026 The Wall Street Journal reported that he and Chan were buying a newly finished house at 2 Indian Creek Island Road in Miami; no price was disclosed, and an agent estimated houses like it at $150 million to $200 million3. We count it at $150 million. His 387-foot yacht Launchpad (about $300 million) and the support ship Wingman (about $100 million) are counted at their reported prices4.
10From Dividends to Cash: How We Get to $1B Net
This table illustrates a plausible balance; it does not reconstruct his actual accounts, which are private. Every figure is either reported or our stated assumption, and the assumed balance from before 2024 and the assumed loan decide most of the result.
| Step | Basis | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Meta dividends since 2024 | About $5.68 a share paid from March 2024 through September 2026 ($0.50 a quarter in 2024, $0.525 since) on roughly 341 million Class B shares7 | +$1.9B |
| Tax on those dividends | Assumed 37.1%: the 20% federal rate on qualified dividends and the 3.8% investment income tax, plus California's top 13.3% rate, since he lives in Palo Alto | -$0.7B |
| Bought since 2024 | Launchpad and Wingman (about $0.4 billion), the Washington house ($23 million), Kauai land and the Miami house (assumed $0.15 billion); counted as assets above | -$0.6B |
| Left from dividends | $0.6B | |
| Stock sales, grants, investment returns and other spending, 2024 to 2026 | Assumed to roughly offset (net $0): his sales in this period have been small, and the proceeds are treated as having gone to Chan Zuckerberg Initiative grants and his own spending, with investment returns covering the rest. This is the least documented step | $0.0B |
| Cash and investments from before 2024 | Assumed. He has sold Meta stock for years, most of it through CZI to fund its giving; what was kept, and what it is invested in, is not disclosed | +$3.4B |
| Cash and other investments | Low and high scenarios use $1.5 billion and $10 billion | $4.0B |
| Loan secured by 12 million pledged shares | Assumed $3 billion, about 40% of the shares' value; the amount is not disclosed1. Low scenario $5 billion, high scenario none | -$3.0B |
| Cash and investments less the loan, as counted | $1.0B |
Dividends paid to the CZI LLCs are counted as his because the LLCs are his. If more of that money has gone to grants, the cash row is lower.
11Frequently Asked Questions
What is Mark Zuckerberg's net worth?
About $215 billion by our estimate as of November 13, 2026, in a range of $210 billion to $225 billion, after deducting an assumed $3 billion for a loan secured by his shares. Forbes put him at $214.3 billion the same day; Bloomberg had him at about $227 billion in a figure reported in November.
How much of Meta does Mark Zuckerberg own?
About 13.4% of the company's equity and about 60.6% of the votes, through 341,215,148 Class B shares held by him, his trust and Chan Zuckerberg LLCs, as of October 1, 2026.
Did Zuckerberg give away 99% of his money?
Not yet. In 2015 he and Priscilla Chan pledged to give away 99% of their shares during their lifetimes. The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative that holds much of the stock is an LLC they control, not a charity, so those shares still count as his.
How much does Zuckerberg get in Meta dividends?
About $0.7 billion a year before tax at $0.525 a quarter on 341 million shares.
Does Zuckerberg have debt?
Meta discloses that 12 million of his shares, about $7.5 billion of stock, are pledged as collateral for a loan. The amount owed is not public; our headline assumes $3 billion.
What happens to his shares with Meta's new Class C stock?
Meta's charter change creating Class C stock takes effect on January 19, 2027. The board then sets record and payment dates for a dividend of one non-voting Class C share for each Class A and Class B share, to be paid no later than the fifth business day after that. His share count will double, the share price should adjust, and his net worth should not change because of it.
12Sources and Method
This is a sum-of-the-parts estimate. Meta shares are taken from Meta's information statement of November 2, 2026 (341,215,148 Class B shares as of October 1, 2026), at the November 12, 2026 close of $623.61: $213B. The 1,220,703 Class A shares held by Chan Zuckerberg Biohub are left out because Meta says he has no financial interest in them. Cash and other investments are modeled at $4 billion, less an assumed $3 billion owed on the loan secured by 12 million pledged shares, step by step in the section From Dividends to Cash. Homes are counted at about $456 million (reported purchase prices plus an assumed $150 million for Miami) and the yachts at about $400 million. The parts add to $215B, which we round to $215B.
The low scenario uses $1.5 billion of cash and a $5 billion loan; the high scenario uses $10 billion of cash and no loan. We will update the page after Meta's next proxy statement, if his holdings change materially, and after the Class C dividend in January 2027. Taxes are federal plus California's top rate; we have not modeled other state taxes.
- Meta holdings: Meta Platforms information statement (Schedule 14C), November 2, 2026 (SEC)
- Stock sales: Form 4, August 6, 2025 (via Stock Titan)
- Homes: Robb Report; Fortune, February 12, 2026
- Yachts: International Business Times, June 1, 2026
- Pledge and CZI: Fortune, November 7, 2026
- Published estimates: Forbes; Benzinga, November 2026 (Bloomberg figure)
- Dividends: Meta, May 28, 2026
- Biography: Wikipedia
1 Meta Platforms information statement (Schedule 14C) filed November 2, 2026, security ownership as of October 1, 2026: 1,220,703 Class A shares (held by Chan Zuckerberg Biohub, Inc., in which he has no pecuniary interest) and 341,215,148 Class B shares, about 13.4% of the economic interest and 60.6% of the voting power. Class B holders: the Mark Zuckerberg Trust dated July 7, 2006 (3,388,097), CZI Holdings, LLC (100,102,127), Chan Zuckerberg Holdings, LLC (17,061,801), CZI Holdings I, LLC (12,000,000, pledged as collateral for indebtedness), Chan Zuckerberg Holdings II, LLC (8,663,023), III, IV and V, LLC (50,000,000 each), VI, LLC (40,000,000), A, LLC (10,000,000) and CZ Management, LLC (100).
2 For example, his Form 4 for August 6, 2025 reports 15,847 Class B shares converted to Class A and sold by CZI Holdings, LLC under a trading plan adopted February 1, 2025, for about $12 million.
3 Robb Report: Palo Alto houses bought 2011-2013, Kauai parcels including about $66 million and $49.8 million in 2014 and more than $65 million of ranchland later, Lake Tahoe $22 million and $37 million (2018), Washington, D.C. $23 million (2025); a San Francisco house was sold for $31 million. Fortune, February 12, 2026, citing The Wall Street Journal: he and Chan were buying 2 Indian Creek Island Road, Miami; price not disclosed, estimated by an agent at $150 million to $200 million.
4 International Business Times, June 1, 2026: Launchpad, a 387-foot Feadship, about $300 million; Wingman, a 262-foot support vessel, about $100 million.
5 Fortune, November 7, 2026: the December 2015 pledge of 99% of their shares, then worth about $45 billion; the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative is a limited liability company, not a private foundation.
6 Forbes real-time profile read November 13, 2026: $214.3 billion. Benzinga, November 2026: Bloomberg estimates about $227 billion, fifth in the world; the article does not give the date of Bloomberg's figure, and Bloomberg's own profile could not be retrieved.
7 Meta paid $0.50 a share each quarter in 2024 and $0.525 from 2025, including the dividend declared May 28, 2026 and paid June 25, 2026. Eleven payments from March 2024 through September 2026 come to about $5.68 a share; we apply that to the Class B count from October 1, 2026.
8 Meta Schedule 14C, November 2, 2026: the amended charter takes effect January 19, 2027; the board will set the record and payment dates for the Class C dividend, with payment no later than the fifth business day after the charter takes effect, subject to applicable law.
Meta price: November 12, 2026 close ($623.61). Meta holdings: Meta information statement, shares as of October 1, 2026. Research last reviewed: November 13, 2026. Net worth figures are estimates built from public filings and reporting; private holdings are valued conservatively and may differ from what the person would report.
Corrections and Updates
| Date | What changed |
|---|---|
| November 13, 2026 | Estimate lowered from 220 to 215 billion dollars: the headline now deducts an assumed 3 billion dollars for the loan secured by 12 million of his pledged Meta shares (amount not disclosed); the Class C timeline now separates the January 19, 2027 charter date from the dividend record and payment dates; dividend tax now includes California. |
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