Mark Zuckerberg's summer involved paddleboarding at his $59 million Lake Tahoe compound and selfies with his wife in Paris. Here's how the CEO spent his time.

Taylor Borden

Sep 20, 2019, 00:06 IST

Mark Zuckerberg's summer involved paddleboarding at his $59 million Lake Tahoe compound and selfies with his wife in Paris. Here's how the CEO spent his time.

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Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive officer of Facebook, applies sunscreen at the annual Allen & Company Conference, July 12, 2019 in Sun Valley, Idaho. This photo was taken the same day Facebook was hit with a historic $5 billion FTC fine.

Mark Zuckerberg has a net worth of about $69 billion as of September 2019, making him the eighth-richest person in the world.
He spent the summer traveling for a mix of business and pleasure.
He went from meeting with international lawmakers to visiting ancient ruins with his wife, Priscilla Chan, and splitting his time among his many private residences.
Keep reading to see the timeline of what the Facebook CEO was up to this summer.
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Facebook is constantly making headlines.

With so much going on, did the company's CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, possibly manage to take any time off this summer? It looks like the answer is yes.

Zuckerberg, the eighth-richest person in the world, spent his downtime bouncing between the waterfronts of his multiple private residences and taking a few Instagrammable selfies with his wife.

Here's a look at what he has been up to this summer, including his surfing lesson from a professional.

A company spokesman declined to comment on Zuckerberg's summer when reached by Business Insider.

Zuckerberg started off the summer by heading to Europe on business to meet with the president of France and other European lawmakers.

He took the opportunity to explore Europe with his wife, Priscilla Chan, who accompanied him on the trip.

On May 12, he posted a photo in front of the Louvre in Paris.

From France, they made their way to Greece to celebrate their seventh anniversary at the Parthenon.

After seven years of marriage, they have two young daughters that they mainly raise in their 5,000-square-foot home in Palo Alto, California.

Upon Zuckerberg's return to the US in June, Facebook announced its new cryptocurrency, Libra.

Zuckerberg and his family then spent the Fourth of July at their new $59 million compound in Lake Tahoe.

In early May, the Wall Street Journal reported that Zuckerberg spent about $59 million on two adjacent properties in Lake Tahoe. The purchase was made secretly last December. He is reportedly in talks to buy a third adjacent property to increase the compound's privacy.

The compound boasts 600 feet of private waterfront.

While there, he participated in leisure activities like paddleboarding.

TMZ reported that he was learning how to steer a boat on the lake at the end of August, too.

Zuckerberg then left his luxurious camp-like Tahoe compound for a different kind of camp: "Summer camp for billionaires" in Sun Valley, Idaho.

He was spotted smiling and lathering on sunscreen at the conference the same day Facebook was hit with a $5 billion FTC fine.

In August, Zuckerberg spent some time on Kaua'i Island in Hawaii, where he owns multiple properties.

Professional surfer Kai Lenny taught him how to tow-in surf off the incredibly private beach on the North Shore.

Zuckerberg even got to put his own film skills to the test. An afternoon learning a new water sport from a pro was an adventurous yet casual way to wrap up the billionaire's summer.

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