Weird hobbies of tech billionaires

Produced by: Priya Singh

What  do top tech leaders like Google CEO Sundar Pichai, Apple CEO Tim Cook and Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg like to do in their free time? Let’s find out

Mark Zuckerberg, Meta

The Meta CEO, Mark Zuckerberg is a big fan of mixed martial arts. He has been a spectator and a participant in combat sport. He was even spotted alongside Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) fighters Israel Adesanya and Alex Volkanvski. In addition to this, he also likes extreme sports and recreational aviation and is proficient at playing guitar

Sundar Pichai, Google

Google CEO Sundar Pichai is dedicated fan of soccer club FC Barcelona. Back in 2017, he met with the entire team and clicked pictures with the Ballon d'Or trophy and Lionel Messi. He also got himself a customised Barcelona jersey

Elon Musk, Tesla

Tesla, SpaceX CEO, Elon Musk, is an avid gamer. Walter Isaacson also wrote in Musk’s biography that he loved to do Magic tricks and hypnosis back in his childhood days. He revealed that once he hypnotised his sister Tosca into believing she was a dog and persuaded her to eat raw bacon

Tim Cook, Apple

Apple CEO Tim Cook enjoys cycling, hiking, and rock climbing in his free time. A South China Morning Post report also revealed that during his free time, he would read tons of books ranging from fantasy and sci-fi novels to biographies and structural engineering.

Bill Gates, Microsoft

Microsoft co-founder, Bill Gates, likes to collect luxury cars particularly Porche cars. His first big purchase after the success of Microsoft was a Porsche 911 supercar in 1979. His Medina, Washington estate has 20-car garage

Sam Altman, OpenAI

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman likes racing cars and renting planes to fly. Altman once told two YC founders that he likes racing cars and had five cars, which includes two McLarens