Zuckerberg rings the Nasdaq opening bell… wearing a hoodie

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18/05/12 6,701 Views 15 Comments

Image: AP Photo/Nasdaq via Facebook, Zef Nikolla

FACEBOOK CEO MARK Zuckerberg, 28, today rang the Nasdaq opening bell from the corpopartion’s headquarters in California.

Surrounded by cheering Facebook employees and wearing his signature hoodie, the 28-year-old pushed the button that signals the opening of the stock market in New York. The morning’s events followed an all-night “hackathon” at the company, where engineers stayed up coding software and conjuring up new ideas for Facebook and its 900 million users.

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Zuckerberg rings the Nasdaq opening bell… wearing a hoodie