Mark Zuckerberg Clashed With Facebook Execs Over Letting Employees Work On His Philanthropy

Mark Zuckerberg Clashed With Facebook Execs Over Letting Employees Work On His Philanthropy

Mark Zuckerberg wanted Facebook employees to work on projects for his philanthropic fund, The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, but was forced to abandon the idea early last year after opposition from senior executives.

Zuckerberg's desire for his two companies to "undertake joint projects," and to allow Facebook employees to work on non-Facebook related projects was discussed during a February 2016 meeting of the social network's board of directors, according to court documents from a recent lawsuit between Facebook and a group of public shareholders. . .