The feud between dueling CEOs Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg is heating up faster than the temples touching the East Coast this week.
Over the July 4th holiday weekend, Meta CEO Zuckerberg posted a chill video of himself surfing in a full tuxedo (barefoot, of course) while holding an American flag and drinking a beer. The Facebook founder moved easily over the airwaves with Bruce Springsteen's “Born in the USA” playing in the background.
Zuckerberg wrote the caption “Happy birthday, America!”
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The post received over 1.02 million likes in four days. Some fans even commented things like, “Coolest billionaire CEO ever.”
“George Washington never can,” wrote one cheekily.
But not everyone was impressed by the CEO's actions; The billionaire and longtime rival Musk did not comment positively.
In a response to the video, the Tesla CEO wrote: “Let him keep having fun on his yachts. I'd rather work.”
Let him continue to have fun on his yachts. I prefer to work.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 5, 2024
Musk has been advertising for a long time “ultra hard work” with reports from former employees even sleeping in their offices between 24-hour deadlines. Musk also has publicly said telecommuting is “morally wrong”.
The two have been feuding publicly for years and even sparked rumors of a cage fight last summer after a series of tweets. (To the war never happened.)
Wake surfing is something Zuckerberg has long credited as a stress reliever and hobby when he needs to take his mind off work, especially when he spends time at his job. The Hawaiian complex.
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“I spent a lot of time down in Kauai (Hawaii) early on,” Zuckerberg said the podcast host Joe Rogan on his time during the pandemic. “I got really into surfing and hydrofoil and I'd wake up early and go do that and then really freshen up for my date day.”
Zuckerberg's net worth as of Tuesday morning was an appreciated one 188 billion dollars.