Company · Technology · Software · founded 2004
Meta Platforms
Parent company of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp. Founded as Facebook.
Of the 17 people here linked to Meta Platforms, 3 are founders and 5 are still there. 4 of them also appear at PayPal. These are people who succeeded, not the odds of succeeding.
Description and founding year: en.wikipedia.org. Each person's role links to its own source on their profile.
17 people at Meta Platforms
Founder Still there
Role
Co-founder, chairman and chief executive officer, 2004–now
Source
· high confidence
Technology 1 / 1
Mark Zuckerberg
Cofounder and CEO, Meta Platforms
affluent professional · elite · some college
Board Still there
Role
Board member, 2020–now
Also at
Source
· medium confidence. Joined in February 2020, replacing Reed Hastings; Wikipedia gives no end date.
Technology · Software 2 / 0
Drew Houston
Co-founder of Dropbox; CEO 2007-2026, now executive chairman
comfortable · some · college degree
Board Still there
Role
Board member, 2008–now
Source
· medium confidence. Wikipedia says he joined the Facebook board in 2008 and describes him in the present tense as serving on the board of Meta; no primary filing was opened.
Venture Capital · Software 4 / 1
Marc Andreessen
Co-creator of the Mosaic web browser; co-founder of Netscape and of the venture-capital firm Andreessen Horowitz (a16z)
middle-class · some · college degree
Board Still there
Role
Board member, 2025–now
Source
· high confidence
Finance · Technology · Software 2 / 1
Patrick Collison
Co-founder and CEO of Stripe
comfortable · some · some college
Founder Past
Role
Co-founder, 2009–2017 (via WhatsApp)
Also at
Source
· high confidence. Left WhatsApp in September 2017 per the source.
Technology · Software · Cybersecurity 2 / 0
Brian Acton
Co-founder, WhatsApp; co-founder and executive chairman, Signal Foundation
comfortable, business-owning family · well-connected · college degree
Founder Past
Role
Co-founder; first chief technology officer, then vice president of engineering, 2004–2008
Also at
Source
· high confidence
Technology · Software 2 / 1
Dustin Moskovitz
Co-founder of Facebook; co-founder and former CEO of Asana
comfortable professional · elite · some college
Board Past
Role
Director (Facebook, Inc.), 2018–2020
Source
· high confidence. February 2018 to May 2020.
Finance 2 / 8
Kenneth Chenault
Former Chairman and CEO, American Express; Chairman and Managing Director, General Catalyst
professional-class · some · graduate degree
Board Past
Technology 2 / 1
Reed Hastings
Co-founder and former CEO, Netflix
elite · elite · graduate degree
Investor Past
Role
Angel investor in Facebook
Source
· high confidence. No year given on the page.
Technology · Software · Venture Capital 2 / 1
David Sacks
PayPal COO; co-founder of Yammer; interim CEO of Zenefits; co-founder of Craft Ventures
professional-class · elite · graduate degree
Investor Past
Role
Series A investor, 2011 (via Instagram)
Also at
Source
· medium confidence. Wikipedia lists Jack Dorsey among investors in Instagram's $7 million Series A reported in February 2011.
Technology · Software · Finance 3 / 1
Jack Dorsey
Co-founder of Twitter; co-founder and "Block Head" (CEO) of Block, Inc. (formerly Square)
middle-class · some · some college
Investor Past
Role
First outside investor in Facebook, 2004
Source
· high confidence
Technology · Venture Capital · Software 2 / 2
Peter Thiel
Co-founder of PayPal and Palantir Technologies; co-founder of Founders Fund; Facebook's first outside investor
professional-immigrant · elite · graduate degree
Joined by acquisition Past
Technology · Software · Media 1 / 0
Kevin Systrom
Co-founder and former CEO of Instagram
affluent · elite · college degree
Joined by acquisition Past
Role
Oculus founder inside Facebook after the 2014 acquisition, 2014–2017
Also at
Source
· medium confidence. The page gives the March 2014 acquisition and the March 2017 departure but does not state his title after the sale.
Technology · Manufacturing 3 / 0
Palmer Luckey
Founder of Oculus VR, sold to Facebook for about $2 billion; founder and chairman of the defense-technology company Anduril Industries
middle-class · some · some college
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PayPal
4 shared: Peter Thiel, David Sacks, Reid Hoffman, Steve Chen
Airbnb
3 shared: Kenneth Chenault, David Sacks, Reid Hoffman
Microsoft
3 shared: Reid Hoffman, Reed Hastings, David Sacks
Apple
2 shared: Brian Acton, Reid Hoffman
Google
2 shared: Kevin Systrom, Steve Chen
Palantir Technologies
2 shared: Peter Thiel, David Sacks
Yahoo
2 shared: Brian Acton, Jan Koum
Andreessen Horowitz
1 shared: Marc Andreessen
Anthropic
1 shared: Reed Hastings
Berkshire Hathaway
1 shared: Kenneth Chenault
Block
1 shared: Jack Dorsey
Dropbox
1 shared: Drew Houston
eBay
1 shared: Marc Andreessen
Founders Fund
1 shared: Peter Thiel
Helion Energy
1 shared: Dustin Moskovitz
Hewlett-Packard
1 shared: Marc Andreessen
IBM
1 shared: Kenneth Chenault
Netflix
1 shared: Reed Hastings
Netscape
1 shared: Marc Andreessen
OpenAI
1 shared: Reid Hoffman
Procter & Gamble
1 shared: Kenneth Chenault
Scale AI
1 shared: Alexandr Wang
SpaceX
1 shared: David Sacks
Stripe
1 shared: Patrick Collison
Twitter / X
1 shared: Jack Dorsey
Uber
1 shared: David Sacks
Walmart
1 shared: Kevin Systrom
Y Combinator
1 shared: Peter Thiel
YouTube
1 shared: Steve Chen