Zuckerberg's dinner plans with Gov. Christie

Mark Zuckerberg's dinner plans with New Jersey Gov. Christie

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Dinner with Chris? Mark Zuckerberg and his wife are planning a political fundraiser for the governor of New Jersey.

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Shana Lynch

Managing Editor- Silicon Valley Business Journal

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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, are backing New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie for a second term. At least, financially.
The two will host the Republican governor for a political fundraising dinner at their home in Palo Alto next month, reports the Wall Street Journal.
Zuckerberg met New Jersey Gov. Christie when the tech CEO donated $100 million to Newark public schools in 2010. WSJ says the two have kept in touch since then.

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The fundraiser will be Feb. 14, and donations are limited to $3,800 by state law.
Zuckerberg hasn’t been overtly political in his role as Facebook’s head. He was one of many tech executives who chatted with President Barack Obama over a dinner in 2011. And his company’s PAC, which raised $267,000 for the 2012 election, donated to both parties. Zuckerberg personally donated $10,000.
But tech execs hosting fundraising dinners isn’t new. Zuckerberg’s COO, Sheryl Sandberg, hosted a fundraising dinner for President Barack Obama in 2011, as did then-Google exec Marissa Mayer and former Symantec CEO John Thompson.
One thing's for sure, having an in with a top Silicon Valley tech CEO sure couldn't hurt Gov. Christie's potential presidential aspirations. He earned national attention during the 2012 presidential run, when his name was floated as a potential VP pick for Republican candidate Mitt Romney. Since then, he hasn’t dismissed the idea of a presidential run. In December, he told an interviewer that he wasn’t ready for the top job in 2012, but if the opportunity presented itself in 2016, he’d be more prepared.

Shana Lynch is Managing Editor at the Business Journal. Her phone number is 408.299.1831.

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