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There is a change in atmosphere in Silicon Valley. For a long time, promoters and change-makers in the tech industry have used simple clothing to show that they’re serious people who take things seriously. Crypto mogul Sam Bankman Freed, currently in prison, always looked like he rolled out of bed and forgot to change out of his pajamas. The late Steve Jobs famously adopted a black polo neck uniform. Meanwhile, Mark Zuckerberg once boasted that he owns and wears multiple versions of the same t-shirt because it was efficient.
same t-shirt
“I’m not a cool person and I’ve never tried to be cool,” Zuckerberg said.
2014 Q&A. “I really want to declutter my life to make as few decisions as possible…If I spend my energy on stupid or frivolous things, I feel like I’m not doing my job.” That attitude This seemed to extend to his hair, which was always kept short and Lego-style.
But suddenly, tech executives seem to be abandoning their anti-style sentiments and embracing a passion for fashion. Of course, there’s also Jeff Bezos, the poster child for the rugged billionaire. Mr. Bezos has gone from looking like a lanky e-commerce geek to a ripped Hollywood supervillain. Ill-fitting shirts and chinos are a thing of the past, and the Amazon founder is now strutting around in a trendy cowboy hat.
sunglasses And a muscle T-shirt. As one might imagine, he didn’t leave Amazon.
Elon Musk has also undergone a dramatic transformation. The CEO of X has gone from having a severely receding hairline to boasting a full head of hair. This may be the work of a benevolent God.Or, rumor has it, expensive
hair transplant surgeon.
Like Bezos, Musk also left his previous job behind.
Unflattering button-ups. He currently loves Top Gun-style pilot jackets, which he wears frequently as a fashion writer.
washington post In his words, it’s “a kind of satire of mid-century rogue masculinity.” Although he used to wear colorful shirts (there’s a famous photo of him wearing purple so bright it looked like a milk bar), he now seems to have strong ideas about color.last year
A SpaceX employee told Reuters. Musk, the founder of a rocket company, says he has stopped wearing safety yellow because he doesn’t like bright colors.
Zuckerberg was always keen to imitate
other people’s ideas. Still, the fact that once tech’s brashest man has now joined the fashion world is quite a shock. The founder of Facebook recently
Posted an Instagram video Everyone was surprised to see themselves talking about Meta’s latest AI assistant. Zack didn’t look as robotic as usual. His hair had more volume and he wore a chain necklace. “Goed from stealing data to stealing his wife and kids,” one commenter wrote. Someone then took a still image from the video and added some facial hair to him, and the doctored photo quickly went viral. Zach, who has a beard,
suddenly the most popular thing online.
This video wasn’t the first evidence of what has been called Zack’s transformation.he has been spotted out and about
statement shearling jacketand there it is
his clip The youngest son of Asia’s richest man admired a $1 million Richard Mille watch at a glitzy pre-wedding event. “The watch is cool,” Zack enthused.At the same wedding he
Flashy Alexander McQueen number. “Is Mark Zuckerberg getting more stylish?” Popular menswear influencer
tweeted In March, alongside a collage of the 39-year-old’s outfits.
stylish It’s a stretch. But Mr. Zuckerberg has certainly become much less beige. So why was the change made? Some kind of midlife crisis? Did you finally run out of money and hire a stylist?
perhaps. But cynics may consider the more likely explanation that this is part of a broader strategic overhaul of the tech mogul’s public image.meta is involved
antitrust litigation Facebook and Instagram are facing lawsuits from dozens of states.
exploit children for profit. Wouldn’t it be much better to just talk about how handsome Zack looks with a beard than to argue about Meta’s less appealing business practices?
Arwa Mahdawi is a columnist for the Guardian
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