Some billionaires focus on the sky above, while others prefer to work in the fields below.
Mark Zuckerberg, founder and CEO of Meta Platforms META,
He took to the Instagram service run by his company to reveal that he raises cows in Hawaii on what could be considered a 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 big AI language model that is a competitor to ChatGPT.
It has also received predictable negative feedback due to the environmental impact of livestock farming. Cows account for about 4% of greenhouse gases.
Fellow billionaire Bill Gates has called on developed countries to switch to fully artificial beef.
Zuckerberg can certainly afford his new hobby: Meta shares are up 168% over the past 52 weeks. He ranks sixth on Bloomberg's list of billionaires, with a fortune estimated at $129 billion.
