Mark Zuckerberg's Meta has lost nearly $50 billion on the metaverse - more than Ford, Hershey, or Kraft Heinz are worth

• Mark Zuckerberg's Meta has recorded nearly $50 billion of metaverse losses in under five years.
• The division's total loss of $47 billion exceeds the market value of Ford, Hershey, or Kraft Heinz.
• Nike's Phil Knight, Nvidia's Jensen Huang, and Citadel's Ken Griffin are all worth less on paper.

Mark Zuckerberg's Meta has racked up nearly $50 billion in total metaverse losses, a sum that dwarfs the market values of many well-known companies and the fortunes of some of the world's wealthiest people.