How to age well: video game company CEO Strauss Zelnick, 63, on achieving 8 per cent body fat
- ‘America’s fittest CEO’ shares lessons learned from years of personal practice and research
- He believes in varying workout sessions, and says strength training is vital to staying young
Strauss Zelnick says fitness is the key to juggling his busy personal and professional life. It has kept the American businessman at the top of his game for four decades.
The former president of BMG Entertainment and chief operating officer of 20th Century Fox is now chief executive and chairman of video game company Take-Two Interactive Software – which owns Rockstar Games, makers of the hugely popular Grand Theft Auto series. He also set up private equity firm Zelnick Media Capital (ZMC).
The 63-year-old has been married for 31 years and has three children. He’s 1.83 metres (six feet) tall, weighs 75kg (165 pounds) and has eight per cent body fat. In 2019 he was voted “America’s Fittest CEO” by Men’s Health, Men’s Fitness, Muscle & Fitness and Best Life.
Zelnick shares his lessons from years of personal practice and research which he has distilled into 12-week plans built around what he calls the “the four pillars of youthful living” – movement, nutrition, mindfulness and community – to help readers get into their best shape.