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appalachiablue

(41,146 posts)
Sat May 14, 2016, 05:36 PM May 2016

Mark 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

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Mark Zuckerberg, 32 Today Has Made 4 Million Dollars for Every Day of His Life; Gates, Bezos, etc. (Original Post) appalachiablue May 2016 OP
I kind of get how Google makes money but not Facebook underpants May 2016 #1
No idea either, unless selling subscriber lists which I think Microsoft, others do. appalachiablue May 2016 #2
They sell your preferences and habits as "big data" RadiationTherapy May 2016 #11
Okay thanks. N/t underpants May 2016 #14
Nobody is that good. nt thereismore May 2016 #3
Apparently he is. People pay him and the entire world uses his product. linuxman May 2016 #4
People don't pay him. He doesn't charge people. scscholar May 2016 #5
Dont blame the people? gladium et scutum May 2016 #6
He did go to Harvard. I don't think he would be working at McDonald's ohnoyoudidnt May 2016 #8
Semantics. linuxman May 2016 #9
I don't use his shitty product. MillennialDem May 2016 #7
Good for you. linuxman May 2016 #10
I don't onethatcares May 2016 #12
Good for you. But a whole lotta people do..... NT Adrahil May 2016 #13
I made our new GSD his own page. ileus May 2016 #17
Confusing what is good with what is popular results in a flawed premise. LanternWaste May 2016 #20
His product is popular because people consider it good. There were countless linuxman May 2016 #21
Ads on the internet? Califonz May 2016 #15
Where's Bernie when we need him. ileus May 2016 #16
5 hours would help. appalachiablue May 2016 #19
Small, intermittent positive reinforcements (like being "liked") create strong habits. bemildred May 2016 #18
Stalker made good. Octafish May 2016 #22

underpants

(182,837 posts)
1. I kind of get how Google makes money but not Facebook
Sat May 14, 2016, 06:14 PM
May 2016

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.

RadiationTherapy

(5,818 posts)
11. They sell your preferences and habits as "big data"
Sat May 14, 2016, 08:06 PM
May 2016

So while you may not notice ads on Facebook, what you do/say there affects which ads appear in google, yahoo, etc.

 

scscholar

(2,902 posts)
5. People don't pay him. He doesn't charge people.
Sat May 14, 2016, 07:08 PM
May 2016

It's the corporations that advertise that are giving him so much money. Don't blame the people.

gladium et scutum

(808 posts)
6. Dont blame the people?
Sat May 14, 2016, 07:15 PM
May 2016

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.

 

linuxman

(2,337 posts)
9. Semantics.
Sat May 14, 2016, 07:25 PM
May 2016

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.

 

linuxman

(2,337 posts)
10. Good for you.
Sat May 14, 2016, 07:29 PM
May 2016

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)
12. I don't
Sat May 14, 2016, 08:46 PM
May 2016

I"m a dinosaur. Aside from posting on here, I use no social media. zip, nada, none. No twitter, twatter, poing, bong, zip.

ileus

(15,396 posts)
17. I made our new GSD his own page.
Sun May 15, 2016, 08:45 AM
May 2016

Of course his only friends are the family that live under the roof with him.

 

LanternWaste

(37,748 posts)
20. Confusing what is good with what is popular results in a flawed premise.
Mon May 16, 2016, 03:03 PM
May 2016

Confusing what is good with what is popular results in a flawed premise.

 

linuxman

(2,337 posts)
21. His product is popular because people consider it good. There were countless
Mon May 16, 2016, 03:17 PM
May 2016

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)
15. Ads on the internet?
Sun May 15, 2016, 08:15 AM
May 2016

I never see them with AdBlock Plus, Ghostery, FlashBlock, and other Firefox goodies.

bemildred

(90,061 posts)
18. Small, intermittent positive reinforcements (like being "liked") create strong habits.
Sun May 15, 2016, 09:13 AM
May 2016

Lots of amusements work that way, casinos work that way, tobacco works that way.

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