CEOs’ Parenting Advice: Zuckerberg, Bezos, Altman, More

When asked in 2024 what kids should be studying today, Zuckerberg told Bloomberg that “the most important thing is learning how to think critically and learning values when you’re young.”

“This is somewhat of a hiring philosophy that I have, too,” he said. “If people have shown that they can go deep and do one thing really well, then they’ve probably gained experience in the art of learning something and taking it to an excellent level.”

He also said in a 2024 interview that, when taking his then-seven-year-old daughter to a Taylor Swift concert, he told her that being like the superstar wasn’t “available” to her. A therapist in California who has worked with wealthy parents told Business Insider that encouraging her to instead be herself was the right approach.

In a 2019 interview on CBS This Morning, the Meta CEO said he and his wife, Priscilla Chan, “don’t give them everything.”

“They have chores, they have responsibilities,” Chan added. “We also take them to work. Mark and I take both of them to the office to see what we do, how we contribute.”

That same year, he told Fox News that he generally doesn’t want his kids parked in front of a television or computer “for a long period of time.” At the time, he said he let his daughters use video calls to talk with relatives across the country but is stricter about other forms of screen time.