Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg got one of the prime seats next to Obama at a private Silicon Valley dinner convened to discuss the economy and job growth. The Zuckerberg story is truly amazing and worth studying. I am not going to speculate on the decision making behind the seating, but there are countless interpretations.

The guest list from the dinner:

John Doerr, partner, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers

Carol Bartz, president and CEO, Yahoo!

John Chambers, CEO and chairman Cisco Systems

Dick Costolo, CEO, Twitter

Larry Ellison, co-founder and CEO, Oracle

Reed Hastings, CEO, NetFlix

John Hennessy, president, Stanford University

Steve Jobs, chairman and CEO, Apple

Art Levinson, chairman and former CEO, Genentech

Eric Schmidt, chairman and CEO, Google

Steve Westly, managing partner and founder, Westly Group

Mark Zuckerberg, founder, president and CEO, Facebook

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