Facebook Inc. Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg has privately recommended several potential hires to Pete Buttigieg’s presidential campaign, a rare example of direct political involvement from one of tech’s most powerful executives. Earlier this year, Zuckerberg sent multiple emails to Mike Schmuhl, Buttigieg’s campaign manager, with names of individuals that he might consider hiring, campaign spokesman Chris Meagher confirmed. Zuckerberg visited South Bend in April 2017 as part of his philanthropic work and got a tour from Buttigieg, which Zuckerberg live-streamed. Wornhoff previously worked as a machine learning engineer at the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative and in Democratic politics in Indiana, Buttigieg’s home state. The communication was initiated by Zuckerberg and Chan, Meagher said.

Source: Los Angeles Times October 21, 2019 18:00 UTC