Business success and athletic achievements are inextricably linked — this pattern has long been noted by business and scientific media. There are many examples of professional athletes becoming successful businessmen after finishing their careers.
David Beckham ended his professional football career in 2013, but continues to be a sought-after media figure, Maria Sharapova, the world’s number one tennis player, has successfully engaged in investments after retiring from tennis, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson was first a successful wrestler, and then became a famous actor and business owner. There are also opposite examples, when success in business came first and only then did a person realize himself as an athlete. It is worth remembering the billionaire Mark Zuckerberg, the creator of Facebook (owned by Meta, recognized as extremist and banned in the Russian Federation), he had already earned his fortune when he became interested in MMA and took first place in a jiu-jitsu tournament in Silicon Valley.
Regular sports training develops the very qualities without which it is impossible to imagine career growth – both corporate and entrepreneurial. These are discipline, willpower, leadership qualities, the ability to work in a team and manage it. From personal experience, I can say that in parallel with all my successful projects, be it investments in agro-industrial companies – Australian EcoFibre and Dutch DunAgro more than 15 years ago, – the construction of a group of companies in the agro-industrial sector in Russia in 2015 or the construction of a meditation center in 2025, sports have always been in my life.