Meta unfriends FB ticker in final farewell to Facebook era

It begins trading under the ticker symbol 'META' on Thursday.

by The Star

Health09 June 2022 - 20:34

In Summary

•It begins trading under the ticker symbol 'META' on Thursday.

•Mark Zuckerberg, Meta's co-founder, and CEO, established Facebook in 2004 from his Harvard dorm.

A 3D-printed Facebook's new rebrand logo Meta is seen in front of displayed stock graph in this illustration taken on November 2, 2021.

After a decade of trading as Facebook, the social media giant is shedding the last vestige of its old corporate avatar as it begins trading under the ticker symbol 'META' on Thursday.

A smartphone with Facebook's logo is seen in front of displayed Facebook's new rebrand logo Meta in this illustration taken October 28, 2021.

Meta Platforms Inc rebranded from its eponymous social networking platform in October 2021, betting that the metaverse, a shared virtual realm, will succeed mobile internet. read more

Mark Zuckerberg, Meta's co-founder and CEO, established Facebook in 2004 from his Harvard dorm as a way for students to meet via the internet.

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