Zuckerberg: No One Deserves to Be a Billionaire, But It’s Useful
- Facebook CEO addresses employees in live-streamed Q&A session
- Zuckerberg points to his philanthropic investment arm
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Facebook Inc. Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg, the fifth-richest person in the world, was asked by an employee to respond to an assertion by U.S. presidential candidate Bernie Sanders that billionaires shouldn’t exist. Zuckerberg conceded that they probably shouldn’t.
“No one deserves that much money,” Zuckerberg said. “I think if you do something that’s good, you get rewarded, but I do think some of the wealth that can be accumulated is unreasonable.”