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| February 2025 | Scott Benson publicly acknowledged that the character Peter in the video game Night in the Woods was named after Peter Thiel. |
| January 2025 | Faced sanctions from Delaware Chancery Court Vice Chancellor J. Travis Laster for deleting personal emails related to the Cambridge Analytica privacy scandal. |
| 2024 | Meta, under Zuckerberg's leadership, reportedly donated $1 million to a Trump-related fund. |
| 2024 | Zuckerberg was included in the Time 100 AI list. |
| 2024 | Zuckerberg put the yacht Launchpad into operation, which emits 40 tons of carbon dioxide per hour, despite his previous calls for climate change action. |
| 2024 | Mark Zuckerberg unveiled a 7-foot-tall sculpture of Priscilla Chan, commissioned from visual artist Daniel Arsham. |
| 2024 | Zuckerberg purchased the mega-yacht Launchpad (formerly Project 1010) for 300 million US dollars. |
| 2024 | Zuckerberg expressed regret in a letter about not resisting pressure from the Biden administration to censor COVID-19 related content. |
| 2024 | Zuckerberg reportedly dined with Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago, attempting to mend their relationship post-election. |
| 2024 | Moskovitz donated $10 million to support Kamala Harris via the Future Forward PAC, with an additional $38 million from Asana, making Asana the largest non-PAC donor in the United States presidential election. |
| 2024 | Sheryl Sandberg endorsed Kamala Harris for president. |
| 2024 | Changed personal style, shifting from gray shirts and jeans to gold chains and trendier streetwear. |
| 2024 | In a 2024 interview, Palmer Luckey described himself as a 'radical Zionist.' |
| November 2024 | Andreessen spoke about debanking and the deep state on Joe Rogan's podcast, and publicly opposed President Joe Biden's re-election bid, citing concerns about potential higher taxes on billionaires and stricter regulations on cryptocurrency and AI industries. |
| October 2024 | Zuckerberg became the second richest person in the world. |
| October 2024 | Became the second richest person in the world. |
| September 2024 | Donald Trump published a book in which he remarked about Zuckerberg's visits to the White House and the scrutiny surrounding him. |
| August 2024 | Zuckerberg wrote a letter to the House Judiciary Committee expressing regret about not resisting pressure to censor COVID-19 related content and stating he would no longer donate to election infrastructure. |
| July 2024 | In July, Andreessen announced his intention to donate to Super PACs supporting Donald Trump's presidential campaign. |
| June 2024 | In June 2024, ModRetro, a company founded by Palmer Luckey, released its first product, the ModRetro Chromatic, a handheld retrogaming device designed to play original Game Boy games. |
| June 8 2024 | Luckey co-hosted a high-stakes fundraiser for Donald Trump at the home of John Word, a health insurance company co-founder, where donors paid up to $100,000 per person to attend. |
| June 6 2024 | Palihapitiya co-hosted a fundraiser for Donald Trump, alongside Jacqueline Sacks, at Sacks's Pacific Heights home, which raised $12 million. |
| April 2024 | In April 2024, Sheryl Sandberg's documentary, Screams Before Silence, was released on YouTube. The film addresses the sexual violence perpetrated by Hamas during the October 7th attack on Israel, which Sandberg has called the most important work of her life. |
| January 2024 | During a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on child safety and social media, Zuckerberg, along with other tech CEOs, apologized to families of children who were victims of online abuse and harm. |
| January 2024 | Sandberg announced that she would not stand for re-election on the board of Meta in May 2024. |
| 2023 | Zuckerberg was ranked eighth on the Forbes 400 list of wealthiest Americans, with an estimated personal wealth of $106 billion. |
| 2023 | Zuckerberg announced his preparations for his MMA debut but revealed that he suffered an anterior cruciate ligament injury in training, which required surgery and delayed his debut. |
| 2023 | Donated $900,000 through Open Philanthropy to scientists in Africa, Asia, and South America to study climate change impacts. |
| 2023 | Palihapitiya took over as CEO of Hustle, a texting app acquired by Social Capital in 2020. |
| 2023 | Reportedly lost interest in supporting political candidates, including Donald Trump, according to an article in The Atlantic. |
| 2023 | Voted to remove Sam Altman as CEO of OpenAI and remained the only original board member in office after the subsequent resignations. |
| 2023 | Purchased two luxury chalets in the French ski resort of Courchevel for US$95 million, with the properties totaling over 32,000 square feet and connected by basements. |
| October 2023 | Andreessen published a 'Techno-Optimist Manifesto', advocating for technology as a fundamental aspect of human ambition and progress. |
| September 2023 | Palihapitiya hosted a fundraiser for presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy at his home, with tickets starting at $50,000 each. |
| July 2023 | Zuckerberg was promoted to blue belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu by Dave Camarillo. |
| July 2023 | Chamath Palihapitiya married Nathalie Dompé at the Castello Brown in Italy. |
| May 6 2023 | Zuckerberg competed in a Brazilian jiu-jitsu tournament, winning both a silver medal in gi and a gold medal in no gi at the white belt level. |
| May 4 2023 | Sullivan was sentenced to three years of probation for his role in the Uber data breach cover-up. |
| March 2023 | Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan announced the birth of their third daughter across his social media pages. |
| March 2023 | Facebook increased the maximum video length for Reels from 30 to 90 seconds. |
| March 2023 | Jeff Thomas, Thiel's partner, unexpectedly passed away. |
| March 2023 | Facebook increased the maximum video length for Reels from 30 to 90 seconds. |
| January 2023 | Becomes CEO of Ukraine Friends, a nonprofit organization focused on providing humanitarian aid to Ukraine. |
| 2022 | Zuckerberg began training in mixed martial arts (MMA) and Brazilian jiu-jitsu (BJJ), expressing his enthusiasm for these sports. |
| 2022 | Andreessen opposed the construction of 131 multifamily housing units in Atherton, California, sparking criticism for perceived hypocrisy given his previous advocacy for increased housing supply. |
| 2022 | Following his remarks about the Uyghurs, the Golden State Warriors issued a statement distancing the franchise from Palihapitiya's views, emphasizing that he does not speak on behalf of their organization. |
| 2022 | Palihapitiya later apologized for his comments via Twitter, acknowledging that he appeared to lack empathy and clarified that he believes human rights matter universally. |
| 2022 | Palihapitiya's 10% stake in the Golden State Warriors was valued at $520 million, representing a 2000% return on his original $25 million investment. |
| 2022 | Thiel endorsed Blake Masters' campaign for the United States Senate in Arizona, donating more than $10 million to support the campaign. |
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