Musk, on the other hand, said he would shed some poundsand get a trainer.
The fight promised to be one of the most memorable events in web history.
Of course,this much-anticipated event never materialized.
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As a result, we may never know which middle-aged billionaire is better at hand-to-hand combat.
Indeed, between the two of them, Zuck is the undisputed champ of 2023.
The reasons for this should be obvious.
Musk had a terrible year.
Most notably, the billionaire embarked on a buffoonish adventureto remake Twitter, his ill-advised acquisition.
Of course, a whole lot of changes later, things are still very un-awesome.
The platform,which seems near death, has caused Musk nothing but grief over the last 12 months.
At the same time, Musk has also been struggling on other fronts.
It appears theworlds richest manjust cant catch a break.
CNBC reports that the companys stock rose a whopping 178% over the past 12 months.
That means its having a better year than 2013 when its stock rose 105% following its IPO.
Indeed, in a year full of Silicon Valley layoffs, Metas cost-cutting strategy stood out asparticularly bloodthirsty.
At any rate, Zucks main accomplishment has been to pull Meta out of its previousdeath spiral.
Instead, his strategy mostly led the company to losegargantuan amounts of money, credibility, and stock value.
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