Mark Zuckerberg has been mercilessly mocked for his unusual choice of clothing, as he donned a baggy black T-shirt with a classic Latin phrase written on it.
The Facebook CEO took the stage at Meta Connect 2024 wearing a custom T-shirt bearing the words ‘AUT ZUCK AUT NIHIL’, a play on the Latin phrase ‘Aut Caesar, Aut Nihil’, which translates to ‘Either a Caesar or nothing’.
Zuckerberg, 40, kicked off the developer conference on Wednesday with a keynote address announcing the company’s new artificial intelligence products, including the highly anticipated Orion AR glasses.
The tech mogul was spotted sporting the “first fully functional prototype” of “the most advanced glasses the world has ever seen,” he said.
Users quickly flocked to images of him sporting the unique shirt, with one saying: “I know a modern Caesar when I see one.”
Mark Zuckerberg, 40, sported a custom baggy T-shirt with the phrase ‘AUT ZUCK AUT NIHIL’ on Wednesday during Meta Connect 2024
The tech mogul was spotted sporting the “first fully functional prototype” of “the most advanced glasses the world has ever seen,” he said.
“Cool guy huh?” wrote another.
“Just when I thought it was getting cool,” one commentator said.
Someone else said: “Wow, you’re really looking for self-love with that… do you think?”
“I’m not taking it, thanks,” wrote another.
One user said Zuckerberg “went overboard” with the new shirt, adding: “As if wearing an oversized shirt wasn’t appropriate, the phrase on the shirt is over the top. All he’s doing now is spreading more AI garbage on Instagram.”
She recently began designing some of her own clothes alongside American fashion designer Mike Amiri.
At this month’s Acquired podcast recording, Zuckerberg sported another custom T-shirt.
One user said Zuckerberg “went overboard” with the new shirt, adding: “As if wearing an oversized shirt wasn’t appropriate, the phrase on the shirt is over the top. All he’s doing now is spreading more AI garbage on Instagram.”
“I started working with people to design some of my own clothes,” she explained.
“I’ve started working on this series of t-shirts featuring some of my favorite classic sayings,” he continued.
Pointing to his oversized black T-shirt, Zuckerberg said: “This is ‘patha mathos’: learning through suffering.”
The father of three also embraced Latin-inspired clothing during his 40th birthday party.
In May, the Facebook founder shared rare photos of his family and friends at the party on Instagram while wearing another black T-shirt that read ‘Carthago delenda est’, meaning ‘Carthage must be destroyed’ – a reference to the ancient rivalry between the cities of Rome and Carthage.
During the festivities, his wife Priscilla Chan “recreated a bunch of places where Zuckerberg “lived in his early days.”
One image showed him sitting next to former Microsoft CEO Bill Gates in a miniature version of the Harvard dorm room where the Meta billionaire created the popular social media app.
Another image showed Zuckerberg with two of his three daughters, eight-year-old Maxima and six-year-old August, as he showed them a recreation of his childhood bedroom, where he learned to code.
Earlier this month, Zuckerberg was spotted wearing a De Bethune DB25 Starry Varius wristwatch and a custom T-shirt he designed himself while recording a podcast (pictured).
In May, the Facebook founder shared rare photos of his family and friends at the party on Instagram while wearing a black shirt that read “Carthago delenda est,” meaning “Carthage must be destroyed.”
The notoriously frugal tech CEO has recently revamped his spending habits and personal style with a major makeover.
Earlier this month, Zuckerberg was spotted wearing a De Bethune DB25 Starry Varius wristwatch while recording a podcast in San Francisco.
According YahooThe watch could be worth more than $95,000.
The eye-catching purchase appeared to be inspired by a lavish wedding Zuckerberg and Chen attended for Anant Ambani, the son of Indian billionaire Mukesh Ambani.
A clip from the wedding shows Zuckerberg admiring the watch, before saying: “You know, I never really wanted to own a watch, but after I saw that, I thought, ‘Watches are cool.'”
In the late 2010s, Zuckerberg was public enemy number one when he was questioned in Congress for selling data and personal information of up to 87 million users to companies.
He was pale, sickly-looking and often clumsy; he wore a simple T-shirt and jeans and most of his photos on social media were just of him and his family.
Her new look, which consists of designer clothes, longer, curlier hair and a light tan, is certainly a change from before.
During the festivities, his wife Priscilla Chan “recreated a bunch of places” where Zuckerberg “lived in his early days.”
Zuckerberg has been working hard at the gym to achieve a ripped, muscular physique.
While he has always had a very simple and casual style, recently the Meta mogul has started wearing trendy chains around his neck.
She has also started designing some of her own clothes alongside American fashion designer Mike Amiri.
During this month’s recording of the Acquired podcast, Zuckerberg sported one of his custom T-shirts.
In addition to making his own suits, the businessman has also begun to embrace designer labels.
In June, he sported a $1,150 Balmain T-shirt while on vacation with his wife and a group of friends in Ibiza.
The group spent time on Zuckerberg’s megayacht, which is worth around $300 million.
Fans have also recently noticed that the social media kingpin is in better shape than ever.
He has been working hard in the gym and training with MMA fighters, which has given him a considerably strong and muscular physique.
Last month, the 40-year-old unveiled a rare statue of his wife.
He shared a photo of the monument, which appeared to be made of oxidized green copper and steel, on social media.
“Let us revive the Roman tradition of making sculptures of one’s wife,” he wrote.
In the late 2010s, he was pale, sickly-looking and often clumsy; he wore a plain T-shirt and jeans and most of his social media photos were of just him and his family.
Priscilla, 39, was pictured sipping a hot drink in front of the new statue, created by artist Daniel Arsham.
Zuckerberg gave no indication of what had inspired the act of love, but friends and followers were quick to applaud the gesture.
TV star Gayle King responded: “Wow! Is there a story behind this or did it just happen on Tuesday night at your house? PS Do you have an older brother who is black that I could meet… I’m wondering if he’s a friend.”
Liz Kelley wrote: ‘Husbands around the world are shaking in their boots.’
Yung Vec said: ‘This is the most billionaire thing I’ve ever done.’
And one user joked: “I was literally on the verge of buying the same thing for my wife. Now I have to change course.”
