For Zuck,There is No Me in Team

Mark Zuckerberg gets a lot of attention for founding Facebook, but if it were up to him, his employees would be joining him on more of the magazine covers and television features.

In an onstage conversation with venture capitalist John Doerr at this weeks NewSchools-Aspen Institute Summit 2011 conference, Zuckerberg said lavishing credit on a successful companys founder is a big mistake.

One of those things that the media just constantly gets wrong is this idea that its a person. Its never a person. Its always a team.

The most important thing for you as an entrepreneur trying to build something is, you need to build a really good team. And thats what I spend all my time on I spend probably 25 percent of my time recruiting, finding good people, both outside the company and inside the company, to put them in more impactful roles.

Its understandable that some CEOs enjoy taking credit for a companys good times, since theyre also the ones who will ultimately be held responsible for any failures the whole greater risk, greater reward philosophy. But as Facebooks largest single shareholder, Zuckerberg already stands to gain the most financially from the companys success. Maybe thats why he wouldnt mind sharing more of the accolades with the other people who have built the company with him.

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