Meta chief executive paid roughly €20m for gothic-style mansion built in 1830 and its surroundings
It stretches the definition of pied-à-terre but Mark Zuckerberg now has a pad in Ireland: Strancally castle.
The Meta chief executive and his wife, Priscilla Chan, have bought the gothic-style mansion and its 178-hectare (440-acre) estate in county Waterford to use as a base during visits to Ireland.
“Mark and his family are excited to continue caring for this historic home and look forward to spending time in Ireland, where Meta maintains its international headquarters,” a spokesperson said on Thursday.
The price paid in the off-market deal is not known but the Irish Times, which first reported the sale, estimated a value between €20m (£17m) and €30m: approximately 10% of the cost of his 387ft superyacht.
He’s going to build some evil rocket based machine under one of those towers. Once it reaches orbit, it would steal everyone’s, except his, personal information at once, to accomplish his super vilain dream of the complete destruction of privacy.
Our only hope is a nerd/pirate/trans/furry/tankie elite commando from the Fediverse to arrive at the last minute and make his evil scheme fail, with some fireworks at the end.
Candidatures are open, please bring attack plans suggestions.