Mark Zuckerberg posing with UFC president Dana White throughout a UFC Struggle Night time occasion.
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Mark Zuckerberg’s choice for blended martial arts and water sports activities will not be solely a private hazard, but it surely’s additionally a danger to buyers.
In its annual monetary report for 2023 filed Friday, Meta disclosed a brand new danger issue pertaining to Zuckerberg and every other executives engaged in probably harmful hobbies.
“Mr. Zuckerberg and sure different members of administration take part in numerous high-risk actions, comparable to fight sports activities, excessive sports activities, and leisure aviation, which carry the chance of great harm and demise,” Meta stated. “If Mr. Zuckerberg had been to turn into unavailable for any motive, there might be a fabric hostile impression on our operations.”
Zuckerberg, Meta’s founder, CEO and largest shareholder, has a well-documented curiosity in MMA and excessive sports activities comparable to hydrofoiling, a pastime he confirmed off in patriotic trend.
In November, Zuckerberg revealed that he tore his anterior cruciate ligament, or ACL, throughout MMA coaching and had undergone surgical procedure to interchange it.
His preventing pastime additionally made headlines final yr as a part of a web based spat with Tesla CEO Elon Musk. The tech executives, two of the world’s 4 richest folks, have lengthy butted heads on issues associated to synthetic intelligence and are direct rivals now that Musk owns social media platform X.
Zuckerberg and Musk had agreed to take their rivalry into the cage for an MMA match. For numerous causes, the combat was ultimately referred to as off. Every accused the opposite of bailing.
In response to a Morning Brew put up on Threads in regards to the new danger elements, Zuckerberg posted a GIF stating, “Excessive danger = excessive reward.”
Meta shares soared Friday after the corporate reported a tripling of fourth-quarter revenue and issued its first-ever dividend.
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