Technology
NewsOnScale Staff
October 5, 2026
Understanding who controls the major technology platforms requires looking past the corporate names on the lawsuits and regulatory filings. Here is what is publicly documented.
Meta — Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp
Mark Zuckerberg founded the company and retains voting control through a dual-class share structure. He is CEO and the single most powerful decision-maker at the company regardless of what other shareholders hold.
X Corp
Elon Musk owns X Corp. He acquired Twitter in 2022, took it private, and rebranded it. There are outside investors but Musk controls the company.
SpaceX (SPCX)
Elon Musk is the majority owner and CEO. SpaceX went public in June 2026 under ticker SPCX. It holds an $843 million NASA contract and is among the frontrunners for the Golden Dome missile defense contract.
Alphabet, Google, YouTube (GOOGL)
Sundar Pichai is CEO of Alphabet and Google. Larry Page and Sergey Brin, the co-founders, retain significant shareholding and supervoting shares. YouTube is wholly owned by Google.
Microsoft, LinkedIn (MSFT)
Satya Nadella is CEO. Microsoft acquired LinkedIn in 2016 for $26 billion. The company holds tens of billions in Pentagon contracts through Azure.
Oracle (ORCL)
Larry Ellison co-founded Oracle and serves as executive chairman and chief technology officer. He is the company's largest individual shareholder. Oracle holds a portion of the Pentagon's Joint Warfighter Cloud Capability contract.
Rumble (RUM)
Chris Pavlovski is CEO and chairman. Dan Bongino holds an estimated $130 million stake and has an exclusive content deal with the platform. Vice President JD Vance invested in Rumble through his venture capital firm Narya Capital alongside Peter Thiel, and holds a personal stake valued at up to $300,000 at the time of his financial disclosure. Tether made a $775 million investment making it the largest outside shareholder.
TikTok — ByteDance
ByteDance remains a private Chinese company. Zhang Yiming is the founder. Shou Zi Chew is CEO of TikTok. The company has faced ongoing scrutiny over its Chinese ownership and potential data access by the Chinese government.
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