Some billionaires are focused on the heavens above while others prefer to toil the fields below.
Mark Zuckerberg, the founder and chief executive of Meta Platforms
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took to the Instagram service his company operates to reveal he is raising cows in Hawaii on what could be considered a fratboy’s diet of beer and nuts.
“Of all my projects, this is the most delicious,” he said.
Some on social media joked that at least he wasn’t raising llamas — a reference to the name of Meta’s artificial intelligence large language model that is a rival to ChatGPT.
He also received predictable blowback for the environmental impact of raising cattle. Cows account for some 4% of greenhouse gases.
Fellow billionaire Bill Gates has advocated developed countries move to entirely synthetic beef.
Zuckerberg can certainly afford his new hobby: Meta shares have surged 168% over the last 52 weeks. He is sixth on Bloomberg’s billionaire list with an estimated worth of $129 billion.
