The Facebook billionaire’s second act & the conscience of Silicon Valley

Here's why the world's most confident people create alter egos.

As a reporter, I’ve always been most comfortable writing. Not speaking on stage. Not appearing on video. Not moderating panels in front of hundreds of people. My job was to put other people in the spotlight. 

But I was hyper-aware that those were skills I needed to gain if I wanted to have a career in media. The problem was that the mere thought of an on…