Zuckerberg has been revealed to have made $2.3 billion from selling stock options just before last May's IPOThe windfall also left the Facebook CEO with a whopping $1.1 billion tax billKnown for his prudent spending habits, Zuckerberg and is wife are currently enjoying a no-frills holiday in KauaiBy Matt Blake and Associated Press Reporter While Mark Zuckerberg continues to enjoy his budget holiday in Hawaii, it has been revealed the Facebook CEO is even richer than previously thought after he gained $2.3 billion from selling 60 million stock options just before his company's initial public offering last year. The famously frugal billionaire is currently enjoying a no-frills holiday in Kauai with his Harvard-educated doctor wife on their latest trip to Hawaii, where they are rumored to be on the look out for real estate on the island. Despite his latest windfall, sport-shorts wearing Zuckerberg remains focused on the simple things in life. Rather than indulging in lavish dinners and extravagant outings, he has been spotted eating burgers and surfing in recent days. The proxy also revealed that Zuckerberg's pay package last year rose 16 percent because of increased personal usage of jets chartered by the company as part of his security program. Zuckerberg's compensation last year totaled nearly $2 million, up from $1.7 million last year. Of those amounts, $1.2 million covered the costs of Zuckerberg's personal air travel last year, up from $692,679 in 2011. If not for the spike in travel costs, Zuckerberg's pay would have declined by 17 percent. His salary and bonus totaled $769,306 last year versus $928,833 in 2011. But despite being worth $13.3billion, Zuckerberg enjoys life's simple pleasures. Earlier this week he and his wife were spotted chatting with friends at picnic tables while snacking on Kauai's famous Bubba burgers and smoothies. The couple, who are notoriously down-to-earth, sported casual wear and Mark wore his now-famous sandals, which are parodied by Jesse Eisenberg in the film about Facebook, The Social Network. 'We try to stick pretty close to what our goals are and what we believe and what we enjoy doing in life - just simple things,' Chan has previously told The New Yorker. As the couple headed to their beach front house, they were seen walking past Shave Ice Paradise - a favorite of the Obama family when the First Family vacations in Hawaii. It is just the latest trip to Hawaii for Zuckerberg and Chan, who switched web surfing for wave surfing in Maui last December. They were seen chatting with beach goers and enjoying lessons in the water. And while the couple do not appear to be splashing out this trip, it was reported that Zuckerberg did go on a spending spree in the area in January, when he bought several luxury condos in Honolulu. He was reportedly interested in buying several units in a 23-story ultra-luxury condominium under development. Each unit costs $1.6 million - with penthouse suites reaching $9 million. The couple met at a college party in 2003 as they stood in line for the bathroom at Zuckerberg's Jewish fraternity at Harvard University, Alpha Epsilon Pi. 'He was this nerdy guy who was just a little bit out there,' Chan told the New Yorker. They married in May last year in Zuckerberg's backyard in Palo Alto, California - after telling their unwitting guests the celebration was solely to mark Chan's graduation from medical school. As well as family and friends, they were joined by their dog Beast and serenaded by Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong. Zuckerberg was no doubt ready for a holiday following his first foray into politics this month.
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