



Mr Luckey sold Oculus VR to the social media colossal in March last.

After being given a demonstration of a prototype of the Oculus Rift virtual reality headset, Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg reportedly said it was "the coolest thing I've ever seen".

In a recent interview with The Telegraph, the 22-year-old revealed his bought a Tesla car for $148,000 with some of his Facebook money.

He bought the car because to him it represented the best of American engineering. He also considers Tesla's chief executive and billionaire, Elon Musk, as "a cool guy who deserves my money".

As well as Musk, the young entrepreneur names fellow PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel as another successful businessman he looks up to.

"If you look at who most people respect now, they don’t idolise politicians, they idolise these people founding companies, the self-made entrepreneurs like Musk, Thiel and Zuckerberg," he told the media outlet.

Since selling his business to Facebook, Mr Luckey has moved from his "glorified caravan" office and now has his own suite on the top floor of Facebook's headquarters in California.