On the evening of December 16, Beijing time, the latest data showed that Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg (Mark Zuckerberg) sold more than $2.2 billion worth of Meta shares this year, a record high.

Based on an analysis of every sale by Zuckerberg, the Meta co-founder and CEO sold more than $2.2 billion worth of company shares in the upcoming 2024 year. In December alone, Zuckerberg sold shares worth $0.1532 billion.

Meta's stock price rose 82% this year to reach a record high of $630 per share, and the company's market capitalization also surpassed $1 trillion.

In September of this year, Zuckerberg's personal net worth also surpassed 200 billion dollars for the first time, thus joining the ranks of Tesla CEO Elon Musk (Elon Musk) and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos (Jeff Bezos), becoming the only three people in the world with personal assets exceeding 200 billion dollars.

Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan (Priscilla Chan) have publicly promised to donate most of their wealth during their lifetime, mostly through the “Chan Zuckerberg Initiative” (Chan Zuckerberg Initiative). The foundation is the couple's charitable organization, which provides grants and investments, and now focuses mainly on science and related research.

By contrast, Zuckerberg sold more than $0.4 billion worth of Meta shares last year. Previously, the company experienced a two-year sales standstill. During this period, Zuckerberg's efforts to shift the company's focus to the metaverse led to a sharp drop in the company's stock price. The metaverse is an idea of an immersive virtual world entered through augmented and virtual reality (AR/VR) devices and programs, but it never really came to fruition.

The number of Facebook users also declined for the first time during this period. Additionally, after Apple allowed users of its devices to opt out of app tracking, it affected Meta's ability to sell digital ads, causing its ad revenue to drop.

This year, Zuckerberg sold about 4.6 million shares, about four times that of last year, and brought in five times more revenue than last year. This year, Meta's focus has turned more towards generative AI and more practical wearables such as the Meta Ray Ban smart glasses. Meanwhile, Meta's advertising business is growing every quarter.

Currently, Zuckerberg is ranked third in the list of the world's richest people, with a personal net worth of 219 billion US dollars, ranking only behind Musk and Bezos. The latter two have personal net assets of 455 billion US dollars and 246 billion US dollars, respectively.

Zuckerberg and Meta have yet to comment on this.

As president-elect, Donald Trump (Donald Trump) has previously publicly criticized Meta and Zuckerberg and threatened to put him in jail. But like most major tech executives, Zuckerberg is doing everything he can to win Trump's favor.

It was recently reported that Zuckerberg had dinner with Trump at Sea-Lake Estate in Florida, while Meta donated $1 million to Trump's inaugural fund. The US federal election financial report shows that Zuckerberg had hardly participated in presidential campaign donation activities before.

This summer, Zuckerberg sent a letter to Congress stating that he plans to remain politically neutral and does not want to play any role in the election. But now that the election is over, Zuckerberg seems to have changed his mind. Catering to the next administration may ensure that Meta's stock price soars even higher in the next few years. Meta shares have risen 10% since Trump's election.

Perhaps the biggest beneficiaries of Trump's election are Tesla and Musk. Since election polling day on November 5, Tesla's stock price has risen nearly 65%, while Musk's personal net worth has increased by more than $100 billion. Last week, Musk's net worth surpassed 400 billion dollars, making him the first person in the world.