Mark Zuckerberg has made a deal with Meta to help him pay a proposed billionaire tax that is on the ballot in California
Mark Zuckerberg has made a deal with Meta to help him pay a proposed billionaire tax that is on the ballot in California
Supporters of the tax say many billionaires threatening to leave the state will not go
Paying a potential $12 billion bill would have meant selling the shares that give him control. A new class of stock solves that.
The billionaire told Meta’s board that he planned to list his Silicon Valley home for sale. The company remade its stock structure to help him pay the tax if voters pass it.
A newly launched stock class being offered was partially engineered to help Meta founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg pay the "billionaire's tax," should the measure be voted into law.
With less than two weeks before the midterm elections, Meta made clear that Mark Zuckerberg is staying in California if the wealth tax passes.
The Meta boss had said he would exit the state over a wealth tax that has not yet come into force.
Meta announced the deal on Wednesday in a securities filing that coincided with its quarterly earnings report, where it said it would offer a new class of nonvoting shares and give all existing...
Meta Platforms’ decision to revamp its stock structure was shaped by factors including expectations that the company could have to raise hundreds of billions of dollars in coming years and...
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg reportedly threatened to leave California amid a growing dispute with the company’s board over his compensation and voting power. The disagreement also involved concerns...
In months of negotiations, the tech billionaire asked for a new compensation package and threatened to leave California, according to a filing released by the company.
Zuckerberg worried if the tax passed it could reduce how much control he had over his company but Meta's board struck a deal that quelled his concerns.
By Carlos Me- Meta Platforms has struck a deal with Mark Zuckerberg to keep him living in California after the CEO warned he was considering leaving the state that houses the
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