Mark Zuckerberg Becomes 321st Richest American
Posted by Nick O'Neill on September 17th, 2008 9:35 PMToday Mark Zuckerberg reached a new milestone: he became the 321st richest American, being included in the Forbes 400 list. The list placed Zuckerberg’s valuation at a solid 1.5 billion dollars. Not a bad list to be on at 24 years old. Mark Zuckerberg has actually received the honor of being the youngest person on the Forbes 400 list. I’m sure Mark will be adding this honor to his job resume!
To reach the Forbes 400 list you must have a net worth above 1.3 billion dollars. Bill Gates was able to remain the richest American with a 57 billion dollar valuation. While he recently dropped from the top spot as the richest person worldwide, Gates continues to have a solid lead on his domestic competitors. How did Forbes determine Mark Zuckerberg’s net worth?
Unfortunately we aren’t completely sure but we are assuming that it was partially based on his ownership in Facebook. We also don’t know what valuation Forbes has put Facebook at. No matter how they came to the conclusion that Mark Zuckerberg is now worth $1.5 billion, it’s an amazing accomplishment for anybody his age.
We have yet to reach out to Mark Zuckerberg for comment but our guess is that he would respond with the following statement: “I’m going to Disney World!” We’ll see you in Disney World Mark, just let us know when we should meet you down there!
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September 17th, 2008 at 10:35 pm
I don't really think people should laud the acquisition of exorbitant amounts of wealth. Perhaps what he did to earn that wealth is an accomplishment, but becoming rich is not really something that needs a round of applause. Am I wrong?
September 18th, 2008 at 1:14 am
Well, assuming the capitalist idea that wealth is exchanged for value, it seems to be a very good indicator of accomplishment. We should be proud to have people providing us with products worth making them filthy rich.
September 18th, 2008 at 12:39 pm
Given the cornucopia of immoral, unethical, and downright dirty ways to attain wealth, I'd rather not make that assumption and focus on the material accomplishment itself.