# Professor JP Eggers comments on Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg's ranking on the Forbes 2017 Billionaires List

1 Faculty News March 29, 2017 ![Forbes logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/con_030508.jpg?itok=SId6k3bx)>

Excerpt from [Forbes Poland](http://www.forbes.pl/najbogatsi-ludzie-swiata-2016,artykuly,203737,1,3.html) -- "'I don't think the title of the richest man in the world is important to Zuckerberg. He's striving for long-term dominance of Facebook as a social platform, and also wants to use its position and money to influence the world,' says prof. [J.P. Eggers](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/jp-eggers) of New York University Stern School of Business."

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