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Meta owner Mark Zuckerberg loves jiu-jitsu; Bill Gates is a fan of tennis and Jeff Bezos loves to climb. Next, find out how 8 businessmen — and 2 business women — who are big tech have the power to take care of the business, according to Business interested.

While promoting the metaverse, Mark Zuckerberg is very active in the real world

Mark Zuckerberg has posted several videos of himself surfing or floating on a board on a boat. About a year ago, he joined jiu-jitsu, training with Brazilian Dave Camarillo, who was once the head jiu-jitsu instructor at the American Kickboxing Academy.

Last year, he also trained in martial arts against a UFC fighter. “What sport is so physically demanding, but also takes on the intellectual aspect? For me, it’s martial arts. You can’t stop paying attention for a moment, or you’ll be defeated,” the businessman said in an interview.

Even at 72 years old, Richard Branson will not sit still

The founder of the Virgin Group, a 40-company conglomerate, finds time to do extreme sports like base jumping and kite surfing. He is also a balloonist and broke the Guinness World Record for being the first to fly a balloon across the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. “It’s important to have fun and not take yourself too seriously,” he told Insider.

Jeff Bezos loves to ride and climb

The founder of Amazon and Blue Origin loves to explore. He spent days riding horses, diving to the ocean floor, exploring caves, and walking through the snow on a dog sled. He also loves traditional sports such as tennis. He once participated in the Billionaires Match against Bill Gates in 2001.

Bill Gates plays tennis and pickleball

Although pickleball is in vogue now, Gates says he’s been playing it for 50 years. In this combination of tennis and table tennis, the game usually takes place in pairs, indoors or outdoors, with rackets, a ball, and a court similar to a tennis court, but smaller. Last year, Gates posted a video explaining the rules of the game to YouTube. Apparently, his father was friends with game creators Joel Pritchard, Barney McCallum and Bill Bell.

Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak plays Segway Polo

Mopeding, played on a kind of electric scooter with wheels, is Wozniak’s favorite sport, which has participated in several tournaments. He even played for a team called Silicon Valley Aftershocks in a cup in Germany, and the team was among the top 15 in the world. In an interview, he has already said that he carries the equipment in the car and takes it around town when he feels like it.

Elon Musk has tried many sports, but what he really loves is fighting

Although he describes himself as a boy who lived buried in books, the billionaire said he even trained in karate, judo and jujitsu in his youth. Another sport he also practiced was Japanese sumo wrestling – which, according to him, caused him to dislocate a disc in his cervical spine and he suffered severe pain for 8 years.

Sundar Pichai, CEO of Alphabet, enjoys cricket

“Without Google, I would be playing American football or cricket,” Pichai said during an event at Delhi University in 2015. At the same meeting, he said that he played a lot of British sports in his childhood, and even showed some of his skills. But, according to him, now he really prefers to watch.

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella also plays cricket, a sport he has been practicing since high school.

“Growing up in India, it was my dream to play cricket professionally,” Nadella said in 2015. “The sport was very traditional in high school where I went to school, and I played for many years.” But at a certain point, he felt he had reached his limits and ended up falling in love with engineering and technology. According to him, what he likes most is the “drama” of the game, which requires two teams of 11 players, and is played with a stick.

Apple CEO Tim Cook walks and spins

Last year, the CEO posted a photo of a trail in Yosemite Park in the US, saying the walk was one of his “favorite ways to clear the mind.” He also enjoys cycling, reports Time. Apparently, the CEO gets up at 3:45 every day to get work done so he can spend some time in the gym afterwards. “CEOs are people too,” he told ESPN in 2019.

Kathy Engelbert, former CEO of Deloitte, plays basketball

While studying at Lihigh University, the executive played lacrosse – a very popular sport in the United States, in which teams use sticks with a basket on the end to carry the ball during the game – and basketball. She said in an interview last year, she was the captain of both teams.

Bumble CEO Whitney Wolfe enjoys skiing and camping

The founder of the popular dating app said that sports have always been an important part of her life — so much so that she met her husband on a ski trip to Aspen, USA.