Wednesday, September 25, 2013

Billionaire Geek Meets Washington Chic on Immigration

Bloomberg

Facebook Inc. (FB) Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg arrived on Capitol Hill in a business suit to meet a U.S. senator. For his next engagement, he emerged from a car in his familiar hooded sweatshirt and Nike sneakers to speak to a roomful of women and men in suits.

“People assume that we’re trying to be cool,” Zuckerberg, 29, told his Washington audience yesterday. “That’s never been my goal. I’m like the least cool person there is.”

Cool or not, a billionaire with 1 billion customers commands undivided attention where money and influence conjoin. That much was clear yesterday when Zuckerberg arrived for two days of private meetings with Republican and Democratic leaders otherwise occupied with a budget showdown threatening to shut down the U.S. government.

“He was very kind and thoughtful,” Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid told reporters after meeting today with Zuckerberg, who had donned a suit again. “He took pictures with all my staff.”

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