Weeks ago, UFC 298 took place, a mixed martial arts event in which businessman Mark Zuckerberg was seen during the fight between Ilia Topuria and the Australian Alexander Volkanovski.
The presence of the creator of Facebook scared several investors in Meta, the social network’s parent company, about what could happen to the integrity of the CEO. The creator of Facebook trains martial arts daily, but, like him, there are several businessmen in Colombia who seek to escape the routine with experiences with high levels of adrenaline.. This is because many do not know that “sports in general terms help people acquire discipline and also cause people to acquire tolerance for frustration,” as explained by Henry León, PhD and professor of medicine at the U. Sabana.
The CEO of Smart Fit for Colombia, Panama and Costa Rica, David Raya, is part of this club of risky managers, He has driven racing cars on a road course, flown paragliding and taken several small plane piloting classes.
WeWork is one of the companies behind the most important coworking rental business in the region, which in Colombia reaches 81% occupancy nationwide. The company in Latin America is headed by Karen Scarpetta. This manager enjoys kitesurfing on the beaches of Colombia, because, although she lives in Mexico, every time she comes to the country she takes the opportunity to practice this sport. This is based on using a traction kite (called a kite in English) to be dragged by water, whether in the sea, lakes or rivers. The athlete is attached to the kite using a harness and slides using a special board.
Another manager who is attracted to extreme sports is Stefanía Hernández, CEO of Taxis Libres, as she has practiced paragliding and enjoys high mountain trekking. Laura Hernández, partner of the Leo Group, is among the most executives in the country practicing extreme sports. The executive is attracted to high altitude sports in the mountains because this sommelier and chef, who has La Sala de Laura among the best bars in Colombia, usually practices rock climbing.
In this activity, according to the Spanish Federation of Mountain and Climbing Sports, accidents represent up to 16% of risk in this type of outdoor sports. Trekking is the one with the most accidents, reaching 31%.
Within mountain sports there is also a sport practiced by Carlos Gómez, CEO Decathlon Colombia, mountain biking which is based on using an all-terrain bicycle to cross difficult fields.
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Luisa Chimá, the businesswoman behind brands such as D’Luchi, Kaba and La Receta, declared herself a fan of extreme sports. “The extreme sports I have practiced are Wakeboarding or water skiing, I love challenging myself physically with pole dancing. In general I love sports and anything that requires competition and adventure is great for me. I do it especially with my family and friends, I go out to the outskirts of the city many times on weekends to play sports and I encourage my children to have good exercise habits,” said the businesswoman.
Finally there is the executive of the makeup companyRuby Rose, Claudia Piedrahita, who stated that she has practiced windsurfinghas also taken diving classes and skydived.