Mark Zuckerberg takes a trip down memory lane for wife Priscilla Chan's 40th birthday party
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg's 40th birthday celebration on Tuesday gave people a glimpse into an alternate universe where he and Microsoft founder Bill Gates are college roommates.
Zuckerberg, 40, in an Instagram post, shared snaps from his birthday party, which was planned by his wife Priscilla Chan, 39.
He revisited his younger days in mini-replicas of some of his old cribs, including the Harvard dormitory where he launched Facebook.
In the photo, Gates, 68, was crouched on a small red couch next to him.
“Grateful for my first 40 years! Priscilla threw me a little party and recreated several places I lived in the early days,” Zuckerberg captioned the post.
Chan also recreated her husband's childhood bedroom, his first apartment and a pizzeria where Zuckerberg said he “basically lived in college.”
Zuckerberg attended Harvard University from 2002 to 2004, dropping out after founding Facebook. Meanwhile, Gates attended Harvard from 1973 to 1975, but dropped out to found Microsoft.
The birthday boy donned his rapper look for the party while sporting a chain necklace and a black t-shirt that had Cato the Elder's famous saying “Carthago delenda est” written in Old English letters.
The Latin message translates as “Carthage must be destroyed.”
