As a founder who has gone through scaling processes, I am quite impressed at Zuckerberg's ability to remain relatively competent and relevant at the top role throughout the whole journey. The skillset required changes quite a lot in each phase.
There are very few cases where the archetypical young garage-founder has stayed on top in the long-run.
Don't mistake tenure for competence. Meta's stock structure is such that Zuck cannot be forced out by the board or the shareholders regardless of how many mistakes he makes.
There are very few cases where the archetypical young garage-founder has stayed on top in the long-run.