With the rise of Meta, Zuckerberg's wealth skyrocketed by $27 billion. After Meta's quarterly performance far exceeded Wall Street's expectations, driving the company's stock price up by about 20%, the net wealth of this Facebook co-founder surged by $27.1 billion, currently worth $169.5 billion, surpassing Bill Gates in the billionaire index and rising to fourth place. The optimistic performance of the company will also benefit Zuckerberg in other aspects: the social media giant will distribute dividends to investors for the first time, from which he will receive approximately $700 million in annual dividends. At the end of 2022, technology stocks plummeted due to inflation and interest rate hikes, and Zuckerberg's wealth fell below $35 billion, only to rebound strongly in 2023.