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FT profile: Meta's Alexandr Wang, 29, touted as Zuckerberg successor

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A Financial Times profile describes Alexandr Wang, the 29-year-old head of Meta's Superintelligence Labs, as an operator who had full support from Mark Zuckerberg during Meta's AI revamp. Sources cited in the profile tout Wang as a potential successor to Zuckerberg.

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    A profile of Alexandr Wang, who sources say is "an operator", had "all" of Zuckerberg's support during Meta's AI revamp, and is being touted as his successor (Rafe Rosner-Uddin/Financial Times)

    Rafe Rosner-Uddin / Financial Times : A profile of Alexandr Wang, who sources say is “an operator”, had “all” of Zuckerberg's support during Meta's AI revamp, and is being touted as his successor — The 29-year-old in charge of the company's Superintelligence Labs is being touted as a potential successor to Mark Zuckerberg

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