Cringey Tech Execs Swoon Over Mark Zuckerberg’s “Cool” New Look

“He’s residing his greatest life.”

Throwing Matches

Fb founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg has a newfound sense of, er, style — and his fellow tech leaders are very into it.

Because the Washington Post reports, the 40-year-old tech mogul’s new look options shirts like his flashy “AUT ZUCK AUT NIHIL” one, which he created in tandem with a menswear designer as half of a bigger capsule assortment.

And his “bro-ified” sense of non-public fashion is capturing all the best consideration.

Together with rocking customized tees, the millennial billionaire’s grown-out curls and newly-built physique courtesy of his combined martial arts (MMA) pastime appear indicative not simply of a contemporary look, but additionally of a contemporary outlook.

That is at the least in line with different tech execs who’re seemingly attempting to attain factors with the billionaire.

“[It’s] resonated with a youthful era when it comes to fashion and presentation,” tech investor Brianne Kimmel, the founding father of the Worklife Ventures agency, informed the WaPo of Zuckerberg’s new swag. “There’s a cool issue that didn’t exist earlier than, and now male tech CEOs have a playbook to attain related outcomes.”

Past that new “cool”-ness is, apparently, a brand new confidence that has grow to be obvious to traders and admirers alike.

“I don’t apologize anymore,” an all-grown-up and feisty Zuckerberg mentioned throughout a lengthy taped discussion of the “Acquired” podcast final month.

“We’ve observed,” one of many hosts responded.

Good Vibrations

Even ex-employees are feeling the attract of Zuck’s new vibe.

“Zuckerberg is ruthless as each a pacesetter and an government, however in his coronary heart, he’s only a start-up man who desires to be cool with the nerds,” a former Fb government informed the newspaper. “He’s residing his greatest life.”

Although the Meta CEO could effectively have come to this fashion evolution on his personal, WaPo has additionally uncovered proof that it may have been steered by none apart from former PayPal CEO and billionaire investor Peter Thiel, a trusted mentor and advisor to the youthful tech scion.

In a 2020 e-mail disclosed throughout discovery in a lawsuit filed in opposition to Meta by the state of Tennessee, Thiel inspired Zuckerberg to redo his picture to enchantment to youthful audiences.

“As the top of essentially the most profitable Millennial tech firm, it makes extra sense for Zuckerberg to current himself as ‘Millennial spokesperson,'” quite than “‘Mark as a Child Boomer assemble of how a well-behaved Millennial is meant to behave,'” the 56-year-old entrepreneur wrote to his youthful protegé.

“Lastly, I feel there’s additionally some distinction between me and the corporate right here,” Zuckerberg responded. “That is seemingly notably vital for the way I present up as a result of I’m essentially the most well-known individual of my era.”

Although it is unattainable to say whether or not that recommendation is on the coronary heart of the Meta CEO’s rebrand, he did appear wanting to comply with it — and lo and behold, only a few years later, now we have a spiffy new Zuck.

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