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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has a communication habit that initially baffled self-made billionaire and tech founder Alexandr Wang.\u00a0<\/p>\n
In a new interview<\/a> with the Founders<\/em> podcast<\/a>, Wang explained that before joining Meta as its chief AI officer last year, he would occasionally reach out to Zuckerberg for business advice. Before Meta, Wang was the CEO and co-founder of AI training data startup Scale AI, which made him a billionaire in 2021 at the age of 24<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n Zuckerberg would reply to Wang\u2019s questions on WhatsApp and send him surprisingly detailed responses.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cI was really confused,\u201d Wang said. \u201cI was like, How does he have time to write these really long responses?<\/em>\u201c<\/p>\n Wang said he eventually realized that Zuckerberg had honed the ability to write quickly and precisely. He could move fast without sacrificing quality. In Wang\u2019s point of view, that made Zuckerberg an unusually effective communicator.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cHe\u2019ll write a very rigorous, long response very quickly,\u201d Wang said. \u201cIt\u2019s a very impressive skill of his.\u201d<\/p>\n The story offers insight into how Zuckerberg approaches the competing demands of running Meta while steering the company towards AI. Wang said Zuckerberg\u2019s time is tightly booked, making prioritization essential not just to his work as CEO, but to preserving time for his family.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cThe only way he\u2019s able to do that and be a good dad and be a good partner and all this other stuff is to just ruthlessly prioritize,\u201d Wang said.<\/p>\n Zuckerberg and Wang\u2019s relationship began when Alex Schultz, a longtime Meta executive\u00a0who currently serves\u00a0as the company\u2019s first chief data officer<\/a>, introduced them. Wang said on the podcast that Schultz connected them around 2021 or 2022, when Zuckerberg\u2019s interest in AI started to take root.\u00a0<\/p>\n Their first meeting took about a year to arrange, Wang disclosed. Afterward, Wang occasionally sought Zuckerberg\u2019s advice, and they spoke about once every six months. Meta was also a customer of Wang\u2019s company, Scale AI.\u00a0<\/p>\n The connection between the two executives deepened in April 2025, when Zuckerberg contacted Wang about working more closely together. Meta was struggling to keep pace with rival AI developers, and Zuckerberg wanted to change that. According to Fortune<\/em><\/a>, he invited Wang to his homes in Lake Tahoe and Palo Alto, where they discussed AI\u2019s future. Zuckerberg increasingly trusted Wang\u2019s judgment and reportedly cited his views in conversations with advisers.<\/p>\n Wang was initially hesitant to leave Scale. After weeks of discussions, Meta agreed in June 2025 to invest $14.3 billion for a 49% stake in Scale. As part of the transaction, Wang joined Meta\u2019s superintelligence effort, reporting directly to Zuckerberg.\u00a0<\/p>\n Wang said on the podcast that even though Zuckerberg has spent more than two decades leading Meta, he still turns to other leading entrepreneurs for advice. Wang said the CEO\u2019s openness stands out.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cI think this is quite an impressive trait,\u201d Wang said on the podcast. \u201cIt takes humility.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has a communication habit that initially baffled self-made billionaire and tech founder Alexandr Wang.\u00a0<\/p>\n In a new interview<\/a> with the Founders<\/em> podcast<\/a>, Wang explained that before joining Meta as its chief AI officer last year, he would occasionally reach out to Zuckerberg for business advice. Before Meta, Wang was the CEO and co-founder of AI training data startup Scale AI, which made him a billionaire in 2021 at the age of 24<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n Zuckerberg would reply to Wang\u2019s questions on WhatsApp and send him surprisingly detailed responses.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\nWang\u2019s relationship with Zuckerberg has grown<\/h2>\n
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