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SUBJECT-9080.dossier · person · status: active
Mark Zuckerberg MZ
subject of file

Mark Zuckerberg

CEO, Meta Platforms
Tracked because Technology monopoly power, social media influence on democracy, significant bunker/preparedness investments — relevant to regulatory capture and elite preparedness analysis
Editorial summary · AI-drafted from public records

Co-founder and CEO of Meta Platforms (formerly Facebook). One of the world's wealthiest individuals with extensive real estate holdings including a Hawaii compound with an underground shelter.

Facts on record19
Connections mapped20
Sources cited35
Evidence: 12P+4 6S 1I
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🧠 Cognitive harm you own/control
Primary confidence
Aggregated from 2 platforms owned, funded, or controlled by Mark Zuckerberg.
53
Score 0–100
Moderate
Facebook
55
4 documented harms · Moderate
Instagram
44
3 documented harms · Moderate
Score combines documented harm count, severity weighting, platform reach, and engineered mechanisms. See full methodology →
🧠 Cognitive harm via shared boards / co-investments
Inferential confidence
Tracked platforms owned by entities this person sits on a board with, founded with, or co-invested in.
1 documented harm · Documented
via Peter Thiel (investor)
Rumble
40
1 documented harm · Moderate
via Peter Thiel (investor)
Inferred path: each card shows the connecting entity. See full methodology →
Stated vs Revealed
No documented contradictions on file.
Documented Lies 1 promise broken or quietly abandoned All lies →
Violated Major Primary evidence Privacy Promised 2018-04-10 00:00:00+00
Zuckerberg to Congress: 'You should have complete control over your data'
Primary source: Senate testimony transcript, 10 April 2018 ↗ 1 sourced violation Full record →
[PUBLIC COST ESTIMATE]
Documented financial relationships span 0 money flow chains, while 10 elected officials hold documented connections.
0Money Chains
0Traced Hops
Connected Officials
Calculation Methodology

Contract values are summed from documented money flow chains where this entity appears as a source or destination node. Amounts are drawn from USASpending.gov, FEC filings, SEC EDGAR, or LD-2 lobbying registrations.

Donor contributions aggregate documented amounts from the donor_interests table, sourced from FEC individual and PAC contribution filings.

Connected officials are elected officials in our database with a mapped relationship (lobbying, board membership, campaign contribution, etc.) to this entity.

Annualised flow represents the total documented dollar amount traced through money flow hops involving this entity. Where hop-level amounts are unavailable, the chain-level documented total is used as a conservative upper bound.

All figures are drawn from public filings. Estimates are conservative — undisclosed transactions, dark money, and vanish-point hops are excluded from totals. This is a minimum documented floor, not a ceiling.

PATTERN elected official → [donor] → person → [investor] → person 832× PATTERN person → [employment] → company → [competitor] → company 352× PATTERN person → [employment] → company → [founder] → person 161× PATTERN person → [founder] → company → [contractor] → institution 158× PATTERN company → [investor] → person → [investor] → person 152×
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Connection Map
Key Connections
← Dustin Moskovitz person
founder
Dustin Moskovitz was a co-founder of Facebook alongside Mark Zuckerberg.
← FWD.us institution
founder
Mark Zuckerberg co-founded FWD.us on April 11, 2013, to lobby for comprehensive immigration reform.
← Brendan Iribe person
Acquisition counterparty
Mark Zuckerberg, as CEO of Facebook, negotiated the $2 billion acquisition of Oculus VR, of which Iribe was CEO and co-founder.
← Facebook Technologies LLC company
corporate_governance
Mark Zuckerberg is the founder and controlling shareholder of Meta Platforms, which owns Facebook Technologies LLC.
← WhatsApp company
subsidiary
Mark Zuckerberg, as CEO of Meta Platforms (formerly Facebook), oversaw the acquisition of WhatsApp in 2014 and remains the ultimate decision-maker for the platform.
→ Chan Zuckerberg Initiative organization
donor
Zuckerberg and wife Priscilla Chan conduct their philanthropy through the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, LLC, which files quarterly 13F reports with the SEC.
← This Is Your Digital Life instrument
platform_ceo
As CEO of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg was ultimately responsible for the platform that hosted This Is Your Digital Life and allowed data harvesting.
← Aleksandr Kogan person
Legal/Regulatory
Kogan's Facebook data harvesting operation led to Mark Zuckerberg's congressional testimony and Facebook's $5 billion FTC fine over data privacy violations.
Facts (19)
Data Freshness
Ageing Last update: 159d ago · Avg age: 1031d
Confidence Tiers: Primary Source — cross-referenced government/corporate filings Pending Review — sourced but not independently verified AI Inference — analytical hypothesis from cross-referencing
✓ Verified Findings (19)
Independently re-checked: a second model read the source artifact and confirmed it supports the extracted claim.
✓ verified Pending Review In May 2025, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative quietly ended funding for multiple California affordable housing and homelessness advocacy groups, reversing its prior commitment as CZI shifted away from 'social advocacy' grants.
Date: 2025-05-02 Added: 02 May 2026
Partially Corroborated Zuckerberg holds U.S. citizenship only, according to Forbes. No evidence of a second passport or citizenship-by-investment has been documented in public records.
Date: 2025-06-15 Added: 02 May 2026 ↗ SOURCE: Mark Zuckerberg — Forbes Profile
Primary Source In 2016, Zuckerberg filed litigation through shell LLCs against kuleana-land descendants within his Kauai ranch, attempting to force them to sell ancestral land shares at auction. After public backlash, he withdrew in a 2017 op-ed, but his related LLC continued acquiring descendant shares, increasing its stake from 24.1% to 43.9%.
✓ verified Pending Review The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, LLC — through which Zuckerberg and Chan conduct their philanthropy — files quarterly 13F reports with the SEC. As of December 2025, its disclosed portfolio held approximately $149 million across 2-3 positions.
Date: 2025-12-31 Added: 02 May 2026
✓ verified Pending Review Zuckerberg sold 11,232 Meta shares worth approximately $5.8 million on June 17, 2025, and another 15,854 shares worth $12.2 million on August 6, 2025, through Rule 10b5-1 trading plans.
Date: 2025-06 to 2025-08 Added: 02 May 2026
Primary Source Zuckerberg and other Meta directors agreed to a $190 million settlement in November 2025 of shareholder claims they failed to rectify repeated privacy violations tied to the Cambridge Analytica scandal and improperly shielded Zuckerberg from personal liability.
✓ verified Pending Review In January 2025, Zuckerberg announced Meta would end its U.S. third-party fact-checking program and replace it with a Community Notes system similar to X (formerly Twitter), citing political bias among fact-checkers. He also said Meta would reduce restrictions on immigration and gender-identity discussions.
Date: 2025-01-07 Added: 02 May 2026
Primary Source In August 2024, Zuckerberg wrote to the House Judiciary Committee alleging that the Biden-Harris administration 'repeatedly pressured' Meta to censor COVID-19 content, expressed regret for complying, and pledged not to donate to election infrastructure in 2024 after contributing approximately $400-419 million through the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative to the Center for Tech and Civic Life (CTCL) and Center for Election Innovation & Research (CEIR) in 2020.
✓ verified Pending Review Meta spent $27 million on security for Zuckerberg and his family in 2024, up 35% from the prior year, exceeding the combined security expenditures of Apple, Microsoft, Amazon, and Google CEOs by 26%, according to Fortune magazine.
Date: 2024-06-15 Added: 02 May 2026
Partially Corroborated Zuckerberg's real estate holdings include: (1) Palo Alto, CA — a 5,000 sq ft home purchased for $7M in 2011 plus four neighboring properties totaling $43M; (2) San Francisco — a Mission District townhouse for $10M in 2013; (3) Lake Tahoe, CA — two adjacent estates for $59M in 2019, now being expanded into a 75,000 sq ft compound; (4) Kauai, HI — over 2,300 acres acquired since 2014 for ~$170M+; (5) Washington, D.C. — a 15,000-16,200 sq ft mansion purchased for $23M in cash in March 2025, 15 minutes from the White House.
Primary Source All workers on the Hawaii compound — from carpenters to security guards — are bound by strict nondisclosure agreements (NDAs). Multiple workers were reportedly removed for posting about the project on social media. A local construction official told Wired: 'The only other time you see that is when you're doing secure military installations.'
Primary Source The Hawaii compound's underground shelter features a metal door filled with concrete (blast-resistant design), living space, mechanical room, and an escape hatch accessed via ladder, per planning documents reviewed by Wired. The compound is entirely self-sufficient with a 55-foot-diameter water tank and food production systems.
Primary Source Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan have invested over $270 million in a 1,400-2,300 acre compound on Kauai, Hawaii — known as Koolau Ranch — featuring two mansions (57,000 total sq ft), 30+ bedrooms, 30+ bathrooms, 11 treehouses, a luxury spa and gym, and a 5,000-square-foot underground shelter with its own energy, food, and water supplies.
Primary Source Zuckerberg owns approximately 13-15% of Meta Platforms' economic equity but controls roughly 58-61% of voting power through Class B shares that carry 10 votes each, versus 1 vote per Class A share. This dual-class structure gives him absolute authority over corporate direction, including CEO selection.
Partially Corroborated Forbes estimated Zuckerberg's net worth at $216.4 billion as of October 2025, ranking him #3 globally. The Motley Fool placed it at $236.3 billion later in 2025. Bloomberg estimated it reached $269 billion by August 2025, making him the second-richest person in the world.
Date: 2025-06-15 Added: 02 May 2026 ↗ SOURCE: Mark Zuckerberg — Forbes Profile
✓ verified Pending Review Mark Zuckerberg co-founded Facebook in February 2004 at Harvard University and has served as its CEO since inception. Facebook was renamed Meta Platforms in October 2021. He also serves as chairman of the board.
Date: 2004-02-15 Added: 02 May 2026
✓ verified AI Inference The existence of a 5,000-square-foot underground shelter at Mark Zuckerberg's Hawaii compound, regardless of its official designation, represents a multi-million dollar investment in a personal continuity-of-operations plan that is structurally unavailable to the general public. The scale of this investment is disproportionate to any standard residential storm shelter justification.
Pending Review Ko'olau Ranch compound construction includes a self-sufficient underground shelter designed to operate independently of external infrastructure, with energy generation, water filtration, and food storage — specifications consistent with a long-term survival installation rather than a recreational basement.
Date: 2023-01-01 Added: 15 Apr 2026 UNVERIFIED Kauai County planning permits — Ko'olau Ranch construction
Partially Corroborated A 2023 Wired investigation revealed construction of an approximately 5,000-square-foot underground shelter with its own energy supply and food provisions at his Ko'olau Ranch in Kauai, Hawaii. Zuckerberg has publicly downplayed it as "a little shelter" or "a basement." Construction plans and permit documents confirm the scale and specifications.
All Connections (20)
→ Meta Platforms company
founder, subsidiary primary
Founder, CEO and controlling shareholder of Meta (Cognitive Impact: Facebook) · Owner via Meta Platforms (Cognitive Impact: Instagram)
→ Sean Savett person
Unknown (listed in entity list but no documented connection) inferential
No documented connection found in provided facts.
→ Joe Green person
founder inferential since 2007
Listed in known entities; no direct connection documented in provided facts, though Green co-founded Causes with Zuckerberg at Facebook.
→ Binaifer Nowrojee person
Unknown inferential
No documented connection found in provided facts.
→ Chan Zuckerberg Initiative organization
donor primary since 2015
Zuckerberg and wife Priscilla Chan conduct their philanthropy through the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, LLC, which files quarterly 13F reports with the SEC.
← FWD.us institution
founder primary since 2013
Mark Zuckerberg co-founded FWD.us on April 11, 2013, to lobby for comprehensive immigration reform.
← Dustin Moskovitz person
founder primary since 2004
Dustin Moskovitz was a co-founder of Facebook alongside Mark Zuckerberg.
← Instagram company
employment secondary since 2012
Mark Zuckerberg is the CEO of Meta Platforms, which owns Instagram.
← John Carmack person
business partner/collaborator secondary since 2014
Mark Zuckerberg, as CEO of Facebook, acquired Oculus VR in 2014 where John Carmack was CTO, and Carmack worked under Zuckerberg's leadership until 2022.
← Brendan Iribe person
Acquisition counterparty primary since 2014
Mark Zuckerberg, as CEO of Facebook, negotiated the $2 billion acquisition of Oculus VR, of which Iribe was CEO and co-founder.
corporate_governance primary since 2014
Mark Zuckerberg is the founder and controlling shareholder of Meta Platforms, which owns Facebook Technologies LLC.
← Oculus VR company
leadership/ownership inferential since 2014
Mark Zuckerberg was the CEO of Facebook (renamed Meta Platforms) at the time of the Oculus VR acquisition, making him the ultimate acquirer/owner of Oculus VR.
← TikTok company
competitor/antagonist inferential since 2020
Zuckerberg (Meta CEO) has publicly criticized TikTok and Meta has developed competing products like Reels.
← This Is Your Digital Life instrument
platform_ceo primary since 2018
As CEO of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg was ultimately responsible for the platform that hosted This Is Your Digital Life and allowed data harvesting.
← WhatsApp company
subsidiary primary since 2014
Mark Zuckerberg, as CEO of Meta Platforms (formerly Facebook), oversaw the acquisition of WhatsApp in 2014 and remains the ultimate decision-maker for the platform.
← Aleksandr Kogan person
Legal/Regulatory primary since 2018
Kogan's Facebook data harvesting operation led to Mark Zuckerberg's congressional testimony and Facebook's $5 billion FTC fine over data privacy violations.
← Chuck Schumer elected official
legislative_interaction inferential since 2024
Schumer voted for the FISA Amendments Act reauthorization in 2024, which relates to surveillance authorities affecting technology companies including Meta (Facebook), where Zuckerberg is CEO.
← Peter Thiel person
investor secondary
Thiel made the first major outside investment in Facebook ($500,000 in 2004) and served on Meta's board until 2022. Thiel is also reported to have constructed survivalist preparations including a New Zealand compound.
legal secondary since 2014
Mark Zuckerberg, as CEO of Facebook (which acquired Oculus VR), was mentioned in testimony and filings related to the trade secret lawsuits involving Total Recall Technologies LLC.
← Dario Amodei person
industry peer/associate inferential since 2023
Dario Amodei has engaged with Meta (Mark Zuckerberg's company) on AI safety standards and policy discussions.
Sources (35)
2017-11-16 ↗ SEC EDGAR: 4 — Zuckerberg Mark (2017-11-16) sec_filing Processed 📜 Receipt
2021-01-27 ↗ SEC EDGAR: filing — Mark Zuckerberg (2021-01-27) sec_filing Processed 📜 Receipt
2021-04-07 ↗ SEC EDGAR: filing — Mark Zuckerberg (2021-04-07) sec_filing Processed 📜 Receipt
2019-09-03 ↗ SEC EDGAR: filing — Mark Zuckerberg (2019-09-03) sec_filing Processed 📜 Receipt
2019-09-03 ↗ SEC EDGAR: 4 — Zuckerberg Mark (2019-09-03) sec_filing Processed 📜 Receipt
2019-08-21 ↗ SEC EDGAR: 4 — Zuckerberg Mark (2019-08-21) sec_filing Processed 📜 Receipt
2021-04-07 ↗ SEC EDGAR: 4 — Zuckerberg Mark (2021-04-07) sec_filing Processed 📜 Receipt
2019-04-05 ↗ SEC EDGAR: 4 — Zuckerberg Mark (2019-04-05) sec_filing Processed 📜 Receipt
2021-01-27 ↗ SEC EDGAR: 4 — Zuckerberg Mark (2021-01-27) sec_filing Processed 📜 Receipt
2026 UNVERIFIED Research: Mark Zuckerberg — Lobbying disclosures (no results) government_disclosure Processed 📜 Receipt
2026 UNVERIFIED Research: Mark Zuckerberg — Court records (no results) court_document Processed 📜 Receipt
2026 UNVERIFIED Research: Mark Zuckerberg — SEC filings (no results) sec_filing Processed 📜 Receipt
2026 UNVERIFIED Research: Mark Zuckerberg — Parliamentary records (no results) parliamentary_record Processed 📜 Receipt
2026 UNVERIFIED Research: Mark Zuckerberg — FEC donations (no results) fec_record Processed 📜 Receipt
2026-05-10 UNVERIFIED SEARCH_ERROR: Mark Zuckerberg not found in fec claim_flag Processed 📜 Receipt
2014-05-12 ↗ SEC EDGAR: filing — Mark Zuckerberg (2014-05-12) sec_filing Processed 📜 Receipt
2017-11-16 ↗ SEC EDGAR: filing — Mark Zuckerberg (2017-11-16) sec_filing Processed 📜 Receipt
2019-08-21 ↗ SEC EDGAR: filing — Mark Zuckerberg (2019-08-21) sec_filing Processed 📜 Receipt
2019-04-05 ↗ SEC EDGAR: filing — Mark Zuckerberg (2019-04-05) sec_filing Processed 📜 Receipt
2014-05-12 ↗ SEC EDGAR: 4 — Zuckerberg Mark (2014-05-12) sec_filing Processed 📜 Receipt
2025-07-26 ↗ Recap: Mark Zuckerberg's $300 Million Hawaiian Estate Expansion external_handoff Processed 📜 Receipt
2023-12-18 ↗ Mark Zuckerberg's Hawaii compound includes a 5,000 sq. ft. underground shelter external_handoff Processed 📜 Receipt
2024-08-27 ↗ Mark Zuckerberg says Biden administration officials 'pressured' Meta to 'censor'… external_handoff Processed 📜 Receipt
2025-08-26 ↗ Bulls on Meta Stock Have One Big Problem: Mark Zuckerberg external_handoff Processed 📜 Receipt
2025-11-22 ↗ Cambridge Analytica case: Zuckerberg's Meta settles claims for $190 million external_handoff Processed 📜 Receipt
2025-04-03 ↗ Mark Zuckerberg quietly purchased 15,000 sq ft Washington DC mansion for $23 mil… external_handoff Processed 📜 Receipt
2025 ↗ Meta Platforms, Inc. — SEC Filings (10-K, Form 4) external_handoff Processed 📜 Receipt
2024-12-27 ↗ Mark Zuckerberg insists the 5,000-square-foot underground structure in his secre… external_handoff Processed 📜 Receipt
2025-03-20 ↗ Inside Mark Zuckerberg's $59M Lake Tahoe Compound external_handoff Processed 📜 Receipt
ongoing ↗ Mark Zuckerberg — Forbes Profile external_handoff Processed 📜 Receipt
2024-12-26 ↗ Mark Zuckerberg denies building 5K-square-foot 'Doomsday bunker' under $270M Haw… external_handoff Processed 📜 Receipt
2025-05-16 ↗ Everything we know about Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg's Hawaii bunker external_handoff Processed 📜 Receipt
2023-12-16 ↗ Inside Mark Zuckerberg's Top-Secret Hawaii Compound external_handoff Processed 📜 Receipt
2023-12-11 ↗ Zuckerberg Hawaii compound underground shelter investigation news Raw 📜 Receipt
2023-01-01 UNVERIFIED Kauai County planning permits — Ko'olau Ranch construction government Raw 📜 Receipt