Mark Zuckerberg had Dana White as a possible Meta board member for fairly a while.
The Meta CEO, and large UFC fan, not too long ago introduced that White was becoming a member of the board earlier this month. Whereas showing as a visitor on The Joe Rogan Expertise, Zuckerberg defined the way it was a simple choice to place White in that place.
“Oh, he’s superior, I’ve been speaking to him for some time about that,” Zuckerberg mentioned. “Discuss an incredible entrepreneur. … It’s like, who’re the individuals I would like [on the board]? I simply need the perfect entrepreneurs and individuals who have created various things.
“Dana’s like this man who principally took the game from being seen as this beautiful marginal factor when he acquired began. John McCain was attempting to outlaw it, and now it’s like… I feel it and F-1 are the quickest rising sports activities on this planet. It’s acquired a whole bunch of tens of millions of individuals viewing it.”
White and Zuckerberg have had an awesome relationship for years, and the latter has attended a number of UFC occasions — together with strolling out Alexander Volkanovski forward of his UFC 298 title protection towards Ilia Topuria this previous February.
Seeing what White has constructed over time with the UFC, turning it into the model that it’s at present, Zuckerberg admits he wanted any individual with White’s gusto and angle to go to bat for the corporate if want be.
“What Dana’s executed with the UFC is like probably the most legendary enterprise tales and the model is beloved,” Zuckerberg mentioned. “I feel he’s a world-class entrepreneur and he’s acquired a powerful spine. I feel a part of the dialog I had with him round becoming a member of our board was, OK, we’ve plenty of governments and people world wide placing plenty of strain on our firm, and we’d like some robust people who find themselves going to principally assist advise us on the best way to deal with a few of these conditions.
“Operating this firm is just not for the faint of coronary heart. There’s undoubtedly plenty of strain from all these completely different governments. … I simply wish to spend my time constructing issues. However, yeah, I feel Dana’s going to be nice.”
