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zuckerberg: if the leader doesn't understand technology, it's not a tech company

2024-09-23

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it home reported on september 23 that facebook founder and ceo mark zuckerberg made a striking statement on the podcast "acquired", which sparked heated discussions in the technology industry. he emphasized that for a true technology company, the leadership must have a technical background.

zuckerberg, who founded facebook in his harvard dorm room at age 19, said one of the first things he noticed when he arrived in silicon valley was the lack of technical skills among the leadership.if you have a non-technical ceo, a non-technical board of directors, and the only tech-savvy person on your management team is your head of engineering, then frankly, you are not a tech company.。”

zuckerberg clarified that this doesn't mean technical skills are the only important skills in leadership, saying, "you don't want everyone to be an engineer because there are other important things,but if you don’t have a high enough percentage of engineers in your company, you’re not a tech company. i think that’s also important from a board perspective on how the board weighs decisions, but also cultural factors within the company are very important.”

it home noted that zuckerberg also talked about the "long-term competition between meta and apple" and said he expects apple, the iphone maker, to become meta's biggest competitor in the next decade.