ByTy Roush,
Forbes Staff.
Mark Zuckerberg’s fortune added more than $22 billion Thursday, ranking him as the world’s fourth-richest person, surpassing Amazon’s Jeff Bezos as Meta’s stock rallied after once again exceeding Wall Street’s expectations for quarterly revenue.
Shares of Meta surged 10.2% to above $737 as of 3:20 p.m. EST, the largest intraday jump for the stock since rising 11% in July 2025.
The company on Wednesday reported $59.8 billion in fourth-quarter revenue and $8.88 earnings per share, well above economists’ estimates of $51.2 billion and $8.21 EPS, while marking year-over-year growth of 24% and 11%, respectively.
