Friday, April 26, 2013

Mark Zuckerberg adds Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer to his FWD.us lobbying group

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Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg launched an immigration reform group, FWD.us, earlier this month, designed to promote innovation and investment in the US jobs market. After teaming up with some high-profile technology executives and venture capitalists to form the group, Zuckberg is adding some more household names today: Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer.


Gates, co-founder of Microsoft, and Ballmer, Microsoft CEO, will both join Intuit CEO Brad Smith and Napster co-founder Sean Parker as part of the FWD.us group. Existing supporters also include Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer and Google chairman Eric Schmidt. Zuckerburg's FWD.us venture is separate to his work at Facebook and is designed to push for immigration reforms and higher standards in...


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