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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMark Zuckerberg, 32 Today Has Made 4 Million Dollars for Every Day of His Life; Gates, Bezos, etc.
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg turns 32 on Saturday, and he has a few million things to celebrate. With a fortune estimated at $51.8 billion, he's one of the world's richest people. But because of his youth, he's actually made more money per day of living than anybody else on the planet.
Specifically, Zuckerberg's potent combo of youth and wealth has averaged out to $4.4 million for every day he's been alive, according to CNBC calculations. That rate is bigger than anybody else on Forbes' list of billionaires.
Obviously, there are better measures of business acumen, but it gives you a sense of how quickly business titans can amass their huge fortunes.
Look at Microsoft's Bill Gates. He's the richest person in the world, and at age 60, he's earned $3.5 million per day in his life. Jeff Bezos, 52, of Amazon is third with a per-day fortune of $3.3 million. He's increased his rate significantly since last year. They are the only people averaging over $3 million per day.
More, http://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/mark-zuckerberg-has-made-dollar4-million-for-every-day-of-his-life/ar-BBt2gn9?li=BBnbfcL&ocid=spartandhp
underpants
(182,835 posts)If it's ad sales I simply don't notice ads on Facebook.
According the movie he started with a Hot or Not website of Harvard females.
appalachiablue
(41,146 posts)RadiationTherapy
(5,818 posts)So while you may not notice ads on Facebook, what you do/say there affects which ads appear in google, yahoo, etc.
underpants
(182,835 posts)thereismore
(13,326 posts)linuxman
(2,337 posts)scscholar
(2,902 posts)It's the corporations that advertise that are giving him so much money. Don't blame the people.
gladium et scutum
(808 posts)They are the one that uses the product. If they didn't pay for the product, this quy would probably be flipping burgers at Micky Ds.
ohnoyoudidnt
(1,858 posts)Just saying.
linuxman
(2,337 posts)People control corporations, they pay him, ergo people pay him. Unless sky net is a thing, there are indeed people doing it.
If you use Facebook or any of its many affiliated producrs, your are ensuring he gets paid.
MillennialDem
(2,367 posts)linuxman
(2,337 posts)Unless you're a shutin, you probably could have reached out and touched a dozen people who do, which is all that really matters. Kids barely out of toddler years up to super centernarians use it. Dogs have profiles. Taco stands and plastic surgery clinics have pages. It's everywhere.
onethatcares
(16,173 posts)I"m a dinosaur. Aside from posting on here, I use no social media. zip, nada, none. No twitter, twatter, poing, bong, zip.
Adrahil
(13,340 posts)ileus
(15,396 posts)Of course his only friends are the family that live under the roof with him.
LanternWaste
(37,748 posts)Confusing what is good with what is popular results in a flawed premise.
linuxman
(2,337 posts)Competing social media options during Facebook's rise which people didn't seem to care for. Where are they now? Seems the public agreed Facebook was good.
Besides, the statement was " NOBODY is that good." Well, seeing as to how he has more money from successfully developing and marketing his product in an industry where others ended up moving back to their parents' basements, yeah, he really is that good. That is,unless you consider ending up with a net worth of over 50 billion dollars by 32 to be the mark of a business man who isn't that good.
He wasn't paid astronomical amounts of money because he was popular.
Califonz
(465 posts)I never see them with AdBlock Plus, Ghostery, FlashBlock, and other Firefox goodies.
ileus
(15,396 posts)All I need is 5 days of his life.
appalachiablue
(41,146 posts)bemildred
(90,061 posts)Lots of amusements work that way, casinos work that way, tobacco works that way.
Octafish
(55,745 posts)"Good" as defined by mammon and the DLC.