adventurer: Strauss Zelnick
escape: 6am, weightlifting, skiing in the mountains of Montana, biking through the Canadian Rockies.
Many technology executives are flexible with their fitness plans. But few are as flexible as Strauss Zelnick, CEO of Take-Two Interactive Software, the video game holding company behind hit games like BioShock, Borderlands and Grand Theft Auto. . Zelnick, 66 and ridiculously rich, goes to the gym twice a day (Equinox is his favorite venue) and has been known to turn business meetings into weightlifting sessions. “I think I have a special responsibility to keep Silicon Valley healthy,” he laughed.
(Several tech executives have told me offhand that Zelnick has locked them into a workout.) When I spoke with Lightspeed Venture Partners investor Moritz Beyer Lenz earlier this year, , he had just finished a grueling Zelnick CrossFit session. “This guy is a beast,” Bayer-Lentz said.)
Zelnick isn’t shy about his status as a fitness enthusiast and has even written a book. About fitness and longevity In 2018, she made headlines in fitness magazines. 6am training team called a program. Here, Zelnick talks about his most intense workouts, his go-to gear, and how he’s encouraging his employees to stay healthy during the pandemic.
