Former Harvard President Calls Winkelvii 'A**holes'

Former Harvard President Larry Summers tells a tech audience today what he really thinks of Cameron and Tyler Winkelvoss.

Former Harvard President Larry Summers told a technology audience today what he really thought of Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss twins.

At the Fortune Brainstorm Tech conference, Summers recounted a meeting with the twins in his Harvard office, a scene dramatized in the movie, The Social Network.

The brothers came to Summers seeking some relief for their ConnectU idea that they allege was stolen by fellow Harvard classmate Mark Zuckerberg to form the basis of Facebook.

According to Fortune, Summers said:

One of the things you learn as a college president is that if an undergraduate is wearing a tie and jacket on Thursday afternoon at three o’clock, there are two possibilities.

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