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Mark Zuckerberg, founder of Meta (formerly Facebook), is now the fourth richest man in the world, thanks to the growing trend of the metaverse and AI sectors. Zuckerberg is the fourth richest man in the world thanks to the trend change in the metaverse  After three years since the rebrand of Facebook to Meta, finally the founder Mark Zuckerberg can also celebrate a new achievement: the fourth place in the ranking of the richest men in the world.  And in fact, according to the updated ranking by Bloomberg, Zuckerberg is now in fourth place with a net worth of 201 billion dollars. This success comes after last October 2021, Facebook had become Meta, inaugurating the new trend of the company: the metaverse. As of today, therefore, Zuckerberg is just below the podium, behind the three richest men in the world: Elon Musk with 272 billion dollars, Jeff Bezos with 211 billion dollars, and Bernard Arnault with 207 billion dollars.  The rise of Zuckerberg also reflects the progress of his company in the world of the metaverse, launching new hardware and supporting and involving Artificial Intelligence (AI).  Looking at the shares of Meta Platforms, with ticker META, it is easy to notice how in this 2024 their value has exceeded $400, reaching highs of over $600. At the time of writing, the shares of META are worth $567. The trend of the metaverse: hardware production attracts Zuckerberg and other global giants Recently, it has been analyzed how besides for Zuckerberg’s Meta, the bet on the metaverse trend has also become attractive for other corporate giants.  In fact, just like Meta, Apple, Google, Microsoft, and Nvidia are currently developing new devices for the metaverse.  For example, Microsoft is in partnership with Samsung for hardware production for the metaverse that should challenge Apple’s…

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Filed under: News - @ September 30, 2024 2:24 pm