Rich Ex-Facebook Exec Is Still Working Because 'I Have Kids And I Don't Want To Be A Douchebag'

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Before he quit to create a venture capital firm, Chamath Palihapitiya was Facebook's longest-tenured senior executive.

That means he has a lot of stock in a company that is now worth $65 billion. He's rich - "live on an island and never look at a computer screen again," rich.

So why is he still working?

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Produced by Alana Kakoyiannis. Originally published in May 2013.