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Cory Booker, Mark Zuckerberg and His Cool $100 Mill

Monday, September 27th, 2010

If you follow me on Twitter, it’s no secret that I LOVE Mayor Cory Booker. I have been singing this man’s praise for the almost full year I have been following him. So when I heard the news last week, I wasn’t shocked.

And the news was big. Mark Zuckerberg, co-founder of Facebook, pledged a $100 million grant to the public schools of Newark, New Jersey. Newark mayor Cory Booker, New Jersey governor Chris Christie and Mark Zuckerberg all came on The Oprah Show this past Friday to make the big announcement. And when Zuckerberg was asked his reasoning behind the donation, why Newark, why education, he had one answer… “It’s because of these two guys.” He said that by placing his faith and money in these men, he is hoping to set the example for education for all of America. Here is the announcement…

Now this whole thing fascinates me, because I am a social media addict… that is my addictions run deep. And I’m loyal… really Twitter and Facebook is where I lay and play, alongside my Blackberry. So, when the story involved the place where I play, plus another young entrepreneur, I tuned in. Now, let’s call a spade a spade… $100,000,000.00 is actually no big whoop for this 26 year old Westchester County, NY native. Forbes estimates that Zuckerberg is worth $6.9 billion, placing him seven spots ahead of poor Steve Jobs, who is only worth… $6.1 billion.

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