What was Meta Platforms called before its 2021 corporate rebranding?
Answer
Facebook, Inc.
Meta Platforms was called Facebook, Inc. before its 2021 corporate rebranding.
The company announced the name Meta Platforms, Inc. in October 2021. The change separated the corporate identity from Facebook, the company’s original social-networking service, and signaled a strategic emphasis on building interconnected virtual and augmented-reality experiences. The stock ticker remained META after the rebranding.
Facebook, Inc. had grown far beyond its original website by then. Its portfolio included Instagram, WhatsApp, Messenger, and other products, so the parent-company name no longer described the full business. The Facebook social network itself kept the Facebook name. A common mistake is to say Facebook was renamed Meta; more precisely, Facebook, Inc. changed its corporate name to Meta Platforms, while Facebook remained one of its major products.