Mark Zuckerberg made more than $28 billion this morning after Meta stock makes record surge

Mark Zuckerberg’s net worth saw a significant increase of over $28 billion in a short span of time. The surge in wealth came as Meta, the company Zuckerberg founded and currently serves as CEO, announced its first-ever cash dividend program. Meta’s share price saw a substantial rise, causing Zuckerberg’s net worth to exceed $140 billion. The surge followed the news of a quarterly dividend of $0.50 per share to be paid out to shareholders in March. Zuckerberg, who owns around 350 million shares, stands to gain approximately $700 million annually from these dividend payouts.