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E-Forehand Amazon founder Jeff Bezos during a celebrity match in 2001 in Seattle, the den of Microsoft and Bill Gates. His partner was Pete Sampras. Their opponents were Gates and Andre Agassi. Fifteen years ago, Bezos still had some hair left. And the Bansals were college students. Sampras and Agassi have long retired while Gates and Bezos continue to be fully engaged in the hurly burly of business.
Saddle to paddle Warren Buffett plays ping pong with Bill Gates during the shareholders meeting of Buffett’s company, Berkshire Hathaway, in Omaha on May 1. It marked Buffett’s 50th year running the company. The Oracle of Omaha is famously frugal, but clearly he is extravagant when it comes to swinging his paddle.
Free basics Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg receives chess lessons from world champion Magnus Carlsen of Norway when Carlsen visited the US and the Bay Area in 2014. Carlsen also played against Bill Gates (again, when does he work?), defeating him in 71 seconds. Wonder how long Zuckerberg lasted. He isn’t used to being a mere pawn.
Googly spotting Google CEO Sundar Pichai’s visit to India last year was a return to roots. So it had to include some cricket. “If not at Google, I would have taken up football or cricket. As a child, I loved watching cricket. (Sunil) Gavaskar was my favourite cricketer,” Pichai said during his speech at Shri Ram College of Commerce. Later he faced some balls from locals at a ground near India Gate.
Brin it on Google co-founder Sergey Brin is famous for his love of extreme sports. Springboard diving, high-fl ying trapeze, gymnastics, roller hockey and ultimate frisbee are some of the activities he enjoys. “I like to do a variety of acrobatic things,” he once said. Here, he is jumping out of a plane. Kids, don’t spend all your time googling random people.
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