MARK ZUCKERBERG

In August, the Federal Trade Commission re led a lawsuit that, if successful, could force Facebook to split up its Instagram and WhatsApp businesses. So far no amount of regulatory danger or controversy—including criticism from President Biden over Facebook’s role in proliferating vaccine misinformation—has been able to curb the social media company’s steady stock-market ascent. In June, Facebook hit a $1 trillion market capitalization for the rst time. The fortune of its founder and CEO has risen by $49.5 billion in one year.