An American international technological conglomerate with its headquarters in Menlo Park, California, Meta Platforms, Inc., also known as Meta and previously known as Facebook, Inc. and TheFacebook, Inc., is a company that does business as Meta. The corporation is the parent organization of several subsidiary businesses, including Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. Meta is consistently ranked among the most valuable firms in the world. Along with Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, and Microsoft, it is regarded as one of the Big Five American information technology corporations.