Mark Zuckerberg promises that he is not the White House – The Figaro

While many of the rumors about his political ambitions, the president of Facebook has denied his intention to become president of the United States.

Mark Zuckerberg wants to be president, but to Facebook only. When BuzzFeed News asked him on the 24th of January it was targeting the White House, the founder of the social network responded with a simple “No”, before specifying that it focused “on the construction of our community on Facebook and at work for the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative”, the charitable organization he co-founded with his wife, Priscilla Chan.

the head of The company, however, has multiplied the clues on his possible political ambitions for several months, to the point of creating a debate about his intentions. “He wants something bigger. That would give him more impact and influence on the world”, has held Nick Bilton, a journalist of Vanity Fair, citing several unnamed relatives of the officer of Facebook.

As of the month of April 2016, a document sent to the financial authorities in the u.s. announced the possibility that Mark Zuckerberg could take a role in government without losing control of his company. Such a precautionary administrative allows the CEO of Facebook to save the inconvenience that today meeting Donald Trump, “in the case where he would be appointed to a position of government responsibility”.

The american press has also pointed to the hiring of David Plouffe, former head of the presidential campaign of Barack Obama in 2008, who has recently joined the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative. Mark Zuckerberg is also surrounded by a team fully dedicated to his hagiography, personal. Several photographers are constantly monitored by his official visits, while a dozen people dedicated to the moderation of comments posted on his personal page.

Finally, Mark Zuckerberg has finally recognized last December that the religion was “very important” for him, while its relation to the faith has long remained remote. In a country whose national motto remains “in god we trust”, to affirm his opinion of religion is indispensable for anyone who wishes to be present in any policy.

After you have learned chinese, read 25 books in a year, or even built an artificial intelligence in his house, Mark Zuckerberg has launched a nouveai annual challenge for 2017, which will also in the sense of the rumors: to visit every u.s. State by the end of the year. The opportunity to confront his political ambitions to the reality on the ground.