Whereas many people spent our summer season Fridays resting on a seashore, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg spent his time in between conferences a lot in a different way — getting beat up on a floating barge.
In a video posted to Meta-owned Instagram with the caption “summer season vibes,” Zuckerberg may be seen coaching with MMA fighters Alexander Volkanovski and Israel Adesanya in a dramatically edited clip that options the trio combating, kicking, and flipping into the crystal-clear waters surrounded by mountains and evergreens.
Fb’s founder has been coaching for greater than a yr and takes his passion critically. (The gold medal-winning jiu-jitsu champion reportedly arrange an octagon in his yard for MMA observe and coaching — his spouse wasn’t happy.)
In Might, on an episode of “The Joe Rogan Expertise,” he mentioned coaching helps him as a CEO.
“After an hour or two of understanding, or rolling or wrestling with associates, or coaching with totally different of us, it is like now I am able to go resolve no matter downside at work for the day,” Zuckerberg mentioned.
For the previous few months, Zuckerberg and X proprietor Elon Musk have been sparring (on social media solely, sadly) in a confrontation a couple of potential real-life cage match between the billionaires. However after months of backwards and forwards, Zuck ended the chatter by publicly writing that “Elon is not critical.”
Based mostly on Zuckerberg’s summer season actions, Musk might wish to keep that manner.
Nevertheless, Musk takes house his personal gold. Tesla’s CEO is at present the world’s richest particular person, per Bloomberg’s Billionaires Index, with roughing $234 billion as of Wednesday afternoon. Zuckerberg is ranked the No. 10 richest, with $109 billion.