Mark Zuckerberg’s participation in combat sports is a risk: Meta

New York: Meta chief Mark Zukerberg’s involvement in extreme sports and mixed martial arts( MMA) is potentially dangerous for the company and its investors, according to the company’s latest financial report.

The report, submitted last Friday, is expressly not pleased with Zuckerberg’s lifestyle choices with noting the risk of severe injury or worse that could happen from engaging in combat sports, and even aviation, as per a report by NDTV citing CNBC.

‘Mr Zuckerberg and certain other members of management participate in various high-risk activities, such as combat sports, extreme sports, and recreational aviation, which carry the risk of serious injury and death,’ Meta reportedly said.

The report further said that ‘If Mr Zuckerberg were to become unavailable for any reason, there could be a material adverse impact on our operations’.

Zuckerberg, who is the largest shareholder of Meta, responded to a user who raised the matter on his social media platform Threads: ‘Good point. Maybe investors should be more worried about me *not* doing MMA.’

The user said that Ever since Zuckerberg started training the stock is up like 500 per cent, to which Meta CEO said "High risk = high reward."

Zuckerbeg in November tore his anterior cruciate ligament, or ACL while training for a mixed arts competition.

A picture on Instagram showed him in a hospital bed with a leg brace, posting that, ‘Tore my ACL sparring and just got out of surgery to replace it. Grateful for the doctors and team taking care of me. I was training for a competitive MMA fight early next year, but now that's delayed a bit. Still looking forward to doing it after I recover. Thanks to everyone for the love and support.’

A selfie he posted on Instagram in October showed his face swollen along with bruises under the eyes and nose.

Having trained more than a year in Brazilian self-defence material art, jiu-jitsu, Zuckerberg won in it an amateur tournament and received in July 2023 blue belt.