UFC president Dana White is set to receive approximately $1.2 million in Meta stock following his appointment to the company’s Board of Directors.
According to SEC filings reported by Sportico, White will be granted 1,999 restricted stock units (RSUs) alongside other new Meta board associates. The stock package, currently valued at $1.28 million, will be distributed in installments throughout his tenure, with the first allocation scheduled for May.
The appointment comes with additional compensation, including a $50,000 retainer for White’s role as a board member. This new position reflects the growing professional relationship between White and Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, who has shown admiration for White’s business acumen.
White, 55, has been instrumental in growing the UFC into a global powerhouse, with the company now valued at an estimated $11.3 billion. His estimated net worth of $500 million is expected to increase as he expands his business ventures.
While maintaining his day-to-day responsibilities with UFC, including matchmaking and event attendance, White has ambitious plans for the promotion’s future. “We’re gonna move around a lot in 2025,” White stated, discussing plans to explore new international territories.
“We got a guy right now, Ilia Topuria, who is our featherweight champion and he’s big in Spain,” White explained. “We’ve never been to Spain, so we’re gonna go to Spain. I just opened a Performance Institute down in Mexico, cultivating lots of Mexican talent down there right now.”
White also outlined plans for expansion into Africa and the return to pre-pandemic venues in the United States. “Mexico’s gonna be big for us over the next several years. I’m looking to go into Africa for the first time,” he said. “We have a champion from South Africa. So I’m looking to go everywhere, everywhere on this planet, we’re gonna end up doing a live event.”
The UFC executive confirmed plans to revisit various U.S. cities, stating, “We’re gonna start going back, we’re gonna do Chicago in 2025. We’re gonna go back up to Seattle and hit a lot of other places that we haven’t been in a while.”
