Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, known for wearing his trademark grey t-shirt, shared a photo with Nvidia founder and CEO Jensen Huang, who is known to almost always sport a black leather jacket in his public appearances. Except that the two billionaires had exchanged their jackets in a surprising twist. The social media boss described Huang as “Taylor Swift, but for tech”.
"Jersey swap," said Zuckerberg in the caption on Instagram.
The post, which delighted Zuckerberg's followers, collected over 1,000 comments and 40,000 ‘likes’ soon after it was shared.
See Zuckerberg's post on Instagram:
"This is absolutely epic. Two legends," said Meta executive Melinda Davenport.
"Iconic swap," another user said.
{{/usCountry}}"Iconic swap," another user said.
{{/usCountry}}Zuckerberg responded to a string of comments, one of whom came from a user who could not identify Huang.
“I don’t know who that is but I’m just glad you’re having fun,” Instagram user Weston Koury wrote.
Zuckerberg wrote back: “He’s like Taylor Swift, but for tech.
He told another user that he is thinking of getting a similar black jacket.
“Thinking of getting one. But I did get Jensen a black shearing coat for his collection that I’ll give him next time I see him.”
He also revealed that the brown jacket is from a brand called Overland Sheepskin.
When another user asked Zuckerberg if he is planning to buy Nvidia’s H100 graphics processing unit (GPU) chip, he said he is planning to get the chipmaker’s B100 chips.
Huang, 61, is believed to have a large collection of near-similar black leather jackets.
In 2016, Huang participated in an ask-me-anything (AMA) session on Reddit, where he introduced himself as “I am Jen-Hsun Huang, CEO of NVIDIA. You may know me better as ‘the guy in the leather jacket who repeats things three times.’ ha ha ha.”
He wore the signature jacket, a black t-shirt and a pair of black pants even when he met Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his India visit in September last year.
Jensen Huang co-founded graphics-chip maker Nvidia Corp. in 1993 and currently owns about three per cent of the company.
With a net worth of $40.7 billion, Huang is the 17th richest person in America and the 76th richest person in the world, according to Forbes.