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WSJ Minute Briefing

Meta Targets $9 Trillion Valuation in New Executive Pay Plan

WSJ Minute Briefing

The Wall Street Journal

Business News, News

4.1671 Ratings

🗓️ 25 March 2026

⏱️ 2 minutes

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Plus: Arm Holdings pivots from partner to rival, sending shares soaring on news it will design and sell its own chips. And South Korean chip giant SK Hynix is eyeing a U.S. listing. Luke Vargas hosts.  Sign up for WSJ’s free What’s News newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:35.5

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0:43.1

Meta is rolling out a new stock incentive program for its top executives that could see some earn hundreds of millions of dollars if the company's market cap tops more than $9 trillion by

0:49.3

2013, a massive leap from its current $1.5 trillion. Meta has leaned heavily on stock awards amid the AI race,

0:57.8

with a journal analysis finding that cash costs tied directly to those awards consumed 96% of its free cash flow last year.

1:06.9

Shares in British semiconductor designer arm holdings have soared off hours after it announced plans to sell its own chips for the first time, putting it into direct competition with longtime customers like Invidia and Alphabet.

1:20.1

The new chip has been developed with meta for use in data centers, with OpenAI, SAP, and Cloudfare also signing on as customers.

1:28.8

Armed designs power nearly every smartphone and tablet.

1:32.5

And South Korean chip giant S.K. Heinex is eyeing Wall Street.

1:36.9

The company plans to list in the U.S. later this year, looking to tap into global cash to fuel

1:42.2

its high-end AI chip production.

1:44.6

The exact size and timing of the listing is still under wraps,

1:47.6

with SK Heinek saying it'll make a final decision on whether to list after the SEC's review and considering market conditions.

1:55.6

Oil prices have slipped below $100 a barrel on cautious optimism.

1:59.9

The conflict in the Middle East could be getting closer to a resolution

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