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Back in 2005, Facebook had replaced their business development head and sales lead, and it was Kevin Colleran who landed the job -- the social network's seventh employee. What's funny is: Mark Zuckerberg thought he was rapper 50 Cent.
Apparently, Colleran -- at the time -- had his FB profile as himself posing with 50 Cent, and naturally, Zuck thought his new employee was the rapper in the photo.
Here's the story, as told by TechCrunch.com:
"Eight years ago around this time, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg decided to fly out to New York to meet his new sales head in person at the Virgin Megastore in Union Square.
Now the two had never met face to face, and, because in the early days when FB had only room for one profile pic, the above was Colleran's. So Zuck naturally thought that Facebook's first salesperson was the "tough looking black guy" on the right and not the white-looking Irish dude on the left.
The former just happened to be rapper 50 Cent, of "In Da Club" and "P.I.M.P." fame, whom Colleran had met through his previous job as a consultant at RCA.
According to David Kirkpatrick and our sources, Zuck "looked crestfallen" at the mixup. And the next day, Colleran called up Facebook President Sean Parker and asked, "What's up?" "Well," Parker explained, "the meeting went fine. But we both feel a little weird, because we thought you were African-American." SERIOUSLY. THEY THOUGHT THEIR SALES GUY WAS 50 CENT.
What makes this story even better is that 50 Cent KNOWS. Because, after Facebook got big and lucrative, Parker ended up telling him. And, according to sources, 50 Cent was like, "Damn, should have taken the job."
Apparently, Colleran -- at the time -- had his FB profile as himself posing with 50 Cent, and naturally, Zuck thought his new employee was the rapper in the photo.
Here's the story, as told by TechCrunch.com:
"Eight years ago around this time, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg decided to fly out to New York to meet his new sales head in person at the Virgin Megastore in Union Square.
Now the two had never met face to face, and, because in the early days when FB had only room for one profile pic, the above was Colleran's. So Zuck naturally thought that Facebook's first salesperson was the "tough looking black guy" on the right and not the white-looking Irish dude on the left.
The former just happened to be rapper 50 Cent, of "In Da Club" and "P.I.M.P." fame, whom Colleran had met through his previous job as a consultant at RCA.
According to David Kirkpatrick and our sources, Zuck "looked crestfallen" at the mixup. And the next day, Colleran called up Facebook President Sean Parker and asked, "What's up?" "Well," Parker explained, "the meeting went fine. But we both feel a little weird, because we thought you were African-American." SERIOUSLY. THEY THOUGHT THEIR SALES GUY WAS 50 CENT.
What makes this story even better is that 50 Cent KNOWS. Because, after Facebook got big and lucrative, Parker ended up telling him. And, according to sources, 50 Cent was like, "Damn, should have taken the job."
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