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title: "Weekend profile: Alexandr Wang, Meta’s Gen Z billionaire AI whizz"
date: 2026-10-16
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description: "It might amuse Alexandr Wang, who has an irreverent streak, that he went viral this week merely for sitting next to Mark Zuckerberg, his boss, when the latter looked desperate to spit out a pint of ..."
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# Weekend profile: Alexandr Wang, Meta’s Gen Z billionaire AI whizz

It might amuse Alexandr Wang, who has an irreverent streak, that he went viral this week merely for sitting next to Mark Zuckerberg, his boss, when the latter looked desperate to spit out a pint of ...

*Published: 2026-10-16*