McDonald’s or Facebook? Mark Zuckerberg had various choices
As we know, Mark Zuckerberg launched Facebook in his dorm at Harvard University. But before he even went to college, Zuckerberg’s father, Edward, offered his son an alternative – a future as a McDonald’s franchise owner.
“Oddly enough, right before we went to college, my dad offered us to go to college or invest and run a franchise,” sister Randi Zuckerberg told CNN Business’ Laurie Segall at about his father’s offering to his son and each of his three daughters.
Of course, Zuckerberg chose Harvard — then dropped out. “I think [my parents] were like, ‘Okay, you probably should have taken the McDonald’s franchise money if you wanted a business. But okay, that might be a good second choice,'” said Randi to CNN.
When Zuckerberg started college in 2002, no one would have guessed that his time at Harvard would make him a multi-billionaire.
McDonald’s or Facebook? Mark Zuckerberg had various choices
If Zuckerberg had preferred Big Macs to books, he could have made a decent living by most people’s standards. A 2016 report from CNBC and Franchise Business Review estimated the average profit for restaurant franchises at $90,388 per year. And according to a 2015 Bloomberg article, it’s not uncommon for McDonald’s owners to post six-figure earnings.
