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Steve Mollman

What Mark Zuckerberg gets out of jiu-jitsu—and why Elon Musk might want to skip the cage fight

(Credit: MANDEL NGAN,ALAIN JOCARD—AFP via Getty Images)

Social media lit up this week after Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Twitter owner Elon Musk suggested they were willing to fight each other—for real. While many doubt the tech billionaires will battle, the jostling points to something that merits a closer look: Zuckerberg’s jiu-jitsu fascination, and what it says about his approach to business.

Turns out the Facebook cofounder gets more out of the Brazilian martial art than a mere workout, as he explained during an episode of the Lex Fridman Podcast this month.

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