Brian Chesky, CEO of Airbnb rental service, is ready to hold a bench press competition with any head of an IT company, including Meta’s chairman (considered extremist and banned in Russia) Mark Zuckerberg and Tesla chairman Elon Musk announced that. He stated this in a comment he made to a journalist from the agency. Bloomberg Dave Lee.
“I was expecting these physical battles in the IT industry. This is so fun. In fact, I would challenge any IT leader in the bench press,” he said.
According to Chesky, he is confident he can beat anyone who agrees to compete with him in weightlifting, including a face-to-face with Musk and Zuckerberg. Therefore, he reacted to the willingness of the two businessmen to fight in the ring according to the rules of MMA. Chesky, however, was opposed to joining the war.
“But I will probably avoid fighting in the octagon. In my opinion, such a fight goes beyond the line so that I do not need to cross it. However, I will challenge anyone to bench press,” the IT billionaire concluded.
On June 21, Musk challenged Zuckerberg to an MMA fight, shortly after Meta reported that Twitter was developing its own equivalent. Head Meta accepted the challenge.
Zuckerberg has repeatedly declared his love for martial arts and even competed in Brazilian jiu-jitsu. However, after a while, May Musk, the mother of Tesla’s head, publicly banned To fight Zuckerberg.