Which CEO is known for founding Facebook?

Mark Zuckerberg is the CEO known for founding Facebook.

Zuckerberg co-founded Facebook in 2004 while he was a student at Harvard University. The service began as a social-networking site for Harvard students before expanding to other colleges and eventually to users around the world. Zuckerberg became the company’s central product and business leader as its user base grew.

Facebook’s parent company was renamed Meta Platforms in 2021, reflecting a strategic emphasis on virtual and augmented reality, artificial intelligence, and the broader idea of the metaverse. Zuckerberg remained the company’s founder, chairman, and CEO, so the name change did not mean that Facebook had a new chief executive.

A frequent mix-up is identifying Sheryl Sandberg as Facebook’s founder or CEO. Sandberg was Facebook’s chief operating officer and a major business executive, but Zuckerberg held the top executive role. Jack Dorsey founded Twitter, while Elon Musk was not a Facebook founder.