Mark Zuckerberg to earn $700M a year from Meta dividend despite child safety backlash

Mark Zuckerberg will earn $700 million per year through Meta’s new quarterly dividend – an astronomical payout announced just one day after he faced outrage on Capitol Hill over a failure to protect children from online sex abuse and exploitation.The 39-year-old tech tycoon’s payday stems from Meta’s plans disclosed late Thursday to pay a quarterly cash dividend of 50 cents per share of common stock beginning this March. Since Zuckerberg owns about 350 million shares, he will rake in approximately $175 mil ...