He may be the man behind one of the largest tech companies ever. He may be the billionaire who masterminded the collection of all user data for commercial purposes. He may be the person who essentially centralizes the internet due to the immense influence his companies have on the web.
And also, he may be the man who just love waging war against some of the biggest entities on the planet, and copy others' features and claim as his companies' properties.
But behind the man, is just a man, who is just an American.
Mark Zuckerberg is the founder of Meta, the former Facebook, the company behind products like Instagram, WhatsApp, Threads and more.
And this time, he showed how he celebrated his 4th of July in an Instagram post, with the 40-year-old entrepreneur uploaded a photo showing himself surfing, in style.
What makes this video unique, and expectedly went viral, is the depiction of Zuckerberg.
He was a shy individual, known for his an ambitious, baby-faced college dropout who coined the phrase "I'm CEO, bitch." He was known for his trademark gray T-shirts and hoodies.
But fast-forward, he became a self-made billionaire, and the leader of a company that is considered to have one of the biggest IPOs ever. He then becomes a more respective figure, and due to his influence and position, becomes a person who is frequently asked to attend the U.S. congressional hearings.
He delivers earning calls, and is frequently makes controversial decisions, and create crude remakes to rivals, and more.
And here, as Zuckerberg matures, he couldn't be more American that what he turned out to be.
During the 4th of July, also known as Independence Day, the federal holiday in the United States commemorating the adoption of the Declaration of Independence, the Meta CEO, decided to celebrate Independence Day in style.
He posted a video on Instagram where he is surfing while wearing a tuxedo, holding an American flag, and casually sipping a beer.
Born in the U.S., in White Plains, New York, Zuckerberg, whose full name is Mark Elliot Zuckerberg, is an American businessman.
He is the chairman, CEO and controlling shareholder of the company he founded.
While he loves to surf, in which he frequently shared on various photos, his status as a high-profile figure in both his companies and the society, makes him an unlikely surf guru.
And here, the unconventional combo, even for someone not Mark Zuckerberg, certainly made the video go viral.
Many speculated that Zuckerberg was attempting to rebrand himself, aiming to portray him as a more carefree and adventurous figure.
Like, "Why be a tech mogul when you can be a surf-tuxedo-flag-beer icon?"
The video was quickly shared to other social media platforms, which has since been parodied and memed by users.
Even X's boss Elon Musk mocked Zuckerberg's July 4th surfing post.
May he continue to have fun on his yachts. I prefer to work.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 5, 2024
Musk and Zuckerberg are among the richest people on the planet.
With their net worth exceeding 100 billion U.S. dollars, this status places them in an elite-of-the-elites circle, even by billionaires standards.
While Musk is not a direct competitor to Zuckerberg other than having X as a competitor to Threads, the relationship between the two CEOs isn't the best of relationships.
What began as anger towards a SpaceX rocket explosion that destroyed a Facebook satellite in 2016, the two CEOs have traded blows, and expressed their disagreements that span in various topics, including AI and Facebook's data-collection practices.
The two have traded barbs on a number of social media posts.
On the internet, people were not involved, but the feud between Musk and Zuckerberg is sure to keep the tech world entertained.
