Mark Zuckerberg reveals his Facebook employees have a sinister nickname for him

MARK Zuckerberg has had some quite unflattering nicknames in his time but one used by his staff might be the most sinister yet.

The Facebook founder, 37, has revealed that workers call him “The Eye of Sauron”.

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The scary Eye of Sauron as seen in the Lord of the Rings movies

Anyone who knows the Lord of the Rings will be well aware of it as a dark symbol.

In the movies starring Elijah Wood and Sir Ian McKellen, it was depicted as a big flaming eyeball that floated in the air.

Despite the gloomy comparison, apparently it is done “lovingly”.

Speaking to podcaster Tim Ferriss recently, the Meta-owner said the name came about because of his relentless thirst for work.

“Maybe I’m not strong-willed enough or calm enough to do just straight-up meditation,” he explained.

“I actually need to put myself in a situation where it’s difficult to not focus on that thing.”

He continued: “Some of the folks I work with at the company – they say this lovingly – but I think that they sometimes refer to my attention as the Eye of Sauron.

“You have this unending amount of energy to go work on something, and if you point that at any given team, you will just burn them.”

The Eye of Sauron – also known as the Great Eye – was a symbol used by the Dark Lord in the Third Age.

According to legend in the Lord of the Rings, few are able to endure its terrible gaze.

In the films, it sits atop of the Dark Tower – aka Barad-dûr.

A spin-off series called The Rings of Power is set to air on Amazon Prime Video in September.

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