Facebook CEO Signs $50 Million Deal in Shower Shoes
FriendFeed acquisition shows off Mark Zuckerberg's legs, toes
Paul Buchheit
Why are these schlubs smiling? Because the guy on the left in the cheap fleece just gave them $50 million.
In a blow to masculine dignity, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg got together with the founders of FriendFeed to sign the papers on a $50 million deal looking more like boys at a backyard kegger than actual adults.
While I'm not sure whether menswear is a leading indicator of business success, people with stock in companies like Microsoft and California taxpayers have invested, however indirectly, in the two companies.
And the co-founder of the FriendFeed's new parent company, Zuckerberg, couldn't even be bothered to wear socks or long pants while signing away eight figures on a nominal competitor with a fraction of Facebook's users.
One hopes he was at least wearing clean underwear.
Silicon Valley prides itself on being innovative, but clearly in a very narrow way.
Nobody, and I mean nobody, should look to the region for men's fashion inspiration.
Jackson West admits his family has the same patio set from Home Depot.
