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I'm pretty confident more people know Messi globally than Zuckerberg and Thiel combined. He is the greatest sportsperson of this generation. You might be living

• ksec 2y ago
  >He is the greatest sportsperson of this generation. Had Messi not joined the US league and Apple bought the right I would not be surprised if half of the Americans dont know him. There also plenty of people around the world who simply dont watch Football, at least actively.
  • lupire 2y ago
    Do Chinese and Indians watch Messi? That's what matters for worldwide popularity total.
  • drexlspivey 2y ago
    World Cup finals alone are watched by ~2B people. Outside the US, only younger people that are into tech know who Zuck is.
    • morsch 2y ago
      Close to 1.5B, according to FIFA, I could not find any independent estimations. But what's 500m among friends. I just asked two people not in tech >60 who Zuckerberg is and they both knew him. But, I mean, they still read the newspaper, so I guess they're out of touch, as well.
      • drexlspivey 2y ago
        Yeah ok, anecdotally and I just asked my dad who never watched a football match in his life but uses facebook daily if he knew them and he only new Messi.