Mark Zuckerberg penned a Facebook post explaining that his recent multi-state door was not part of a bid to run for public office
Mark Zuckerberg is not running for public office, he announced in a Facebook post on Monday.
The 33-year-old Facebook co-founder addressed rumors that he was considering entering politics after he started a multi-state tour earlier this year.
But Zuckerberg explained that his only reason for the trips is to visit places he has never been before to « learn about people’s hopes and challenges, and how they’re thinking about their work and communities, » he wrote in the post.
« Some of you have asked if this challenge means I’m running for public office. I’m not, » he wrote. « I’m doing it to get a broader perspective to make sure we’re best serving our community of almost 2 billion people at Facebook and doing the best work to promote equal opportunity at the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative . »
Zuckerberg shared stories from some of the different states he’s visited thus far, adding that his « biggest takeaway so far is that our relationships shape us more than we think — how we consider opportunities, how we process information, and how we form habits, » he wrote. « There is a lot of discussion about inequality, but one under-looked dimension of inequality is in the makeup of our social networks. »
He concluded: « My hope is that we can help more people build positive relationships with people who expand their sense of possibility. I believe that if we do this, we will make progress on a lot of our greatest opportunities and challenges. »
