Meta founder and boss Mark Zuckerberg posted photos of his first ju-jitsu tournament on Saturday on Facebook and Instagram, his company's two main social networks. The billionaire won a gold medal and a silver medal for his team (called "Guerrilla Jiu Jitsu") during the competition that took place in a high school near the headquarters of the Californian group, in Silicon Valley (United States).
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A martial art to face difficulties at work
In an interview last year, he explained to host Joe Rogan that he took up martial arts during the pandemic, especially because the "bestial" side of the sport gave him energy and helped him cope with difficulties at work. The 38-year-old executive trains with Dave Camarillo, who has trained several martial arts champions. "Seeing Zuck yesterday at the competition was pretty crazy. No match was easy and he deserved all his victories. It was an honor to help him and give him advice," another coach, Khai "the Shadow" Wu, said in comments on Instagram.
One of Mark Zuckerberg's fights in BJJ No-Gi. pic.twitter.com/OEcmsCTpYr
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Meta went through a difficult year in 2022, with two firsts since its IPO in 2012: its advertising revenue declined and Facebook lost users (before regaining them). But the group rebounded in the first quarter with better-than-expected financial results, thanks in particular to significant layoffs. The company, which had never launched a redundancy plan in 20 years of existence, laid off 11,000 people in November (13% of the workforce) and 10,000 in March.
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