The man has its flaws but to deny that he has been a very good operator is just putting your head in the sand.
- acquired WhatsApp and Instagram and grew them into the most popular apps on the planet
- created an gigantic ad business that enables entire new types of SMBs to exist that rely on Meta to find their customers
- which is pretty much a money volcano
- bought a ton of GPUs right at the inflection of early LLM take-off
None of this was obvious when he started Facebook but obviously well executed in hindsight.
- acquired WhatsApp and Instagram and grew them into the most popular apps on the planet - created an gigantic ad business that enables entire new types of SMBs to exist that rely on Meta to find their customers - which is pretty much a money volcano - bought a ton of GPUs right at the inflection of early LLM take-off
None of this was obvious when he started Facebook but obviously well executed in hindsight.