Mark Zuckerberg Climbs Capitol Hill

Facebook Co-Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg is making a rare appearance in Washington, D.C., this week. Zuckerberg has been raising his political profile since the company went public in May 2012, and this trip is a highly visible extension of that strategy.

Facebook Co-Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg is making a rare appearance in Washington, D.C., this week. Zuckerberg has been raising his political profile since the company went public in May 2012, and this trip is a highly visible extension of that strategy.

According to Politico, the 29-year-old executive will meet with top Republican and Democratic leaders in the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives, as well as the chairman of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, John Rockefeller (D-W.

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