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04-23-2017, 10:03 PM
Uber CEO Travis Kalanick claimed he was the 2nd best Wii Tennis player in the world
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Buried deep within the New York Times sprawling profile (https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/23/tech**logy/travis-kalanick-pushes-uber-and-himself-to-the-precipice.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=photo-spot-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&_r=0) of Uber CEO and co-founder Travis Kalanick is an unusual detail: he's a record-holding gamer.
"In other personal pursuits," the profile reads, "[Kalanick] once held the world’s second-highest score for the Nintendo Wii Tennis video game."
SEE ALSO: Tim Cook once scolded Uber's Travis Kalanick into submission (http://mashable.com/2017/04/23/tim-cook-scolds-uber-travis-kalanick-/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
Unfortunately, that's all we get. There's ** other detail in the profile to corroborate the claim, and Kalanick's name doesn't appear anywhere on Twin Galaxies, the organization that tracks video game high scores and world records.
The claim apparently goes back to an anecdote from Uber investor Chris Sacca. Back in 2015, the investor **ted on Twitter that he'd "never, ever want to compete" with Kalanick. When pressed to expand on that comment, Sacca took to Medium (https://medium.com/@sacca/why-i-would-never-want-to-compete-with-travis-kalanick-64e5f0218362) with a story about his dad's failed attempt to beat Kalanick at the Wii Sports minigame. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/04/23/travis-kalanick-uber-ceo-wii-tennis-record/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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Buried deep within the New York Times sprawling profile (https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/23/tech**logy/travis-kalanick-pushes-uber-and-himself-to-the-precipice.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=photo-spot-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&_r=0) of Uber CEO and co-founder Travis Kalanick is an unusual detail: he's a record-holding gamer.
"In other personal pursuits," the profile reads, "[Kalanick] once held the world’s second-highest score for the Nintendo Wii Tennis video game."
SEE ALSO: Tim Cook once scolded Uber's Travis Kalanick into submission (http://mashable.com/2017/04/23/tim-cook-scolds-uber-travis-kalanick-/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
Unfortunately, that's all we get. There's ** other detail in the profile to corroborate the claim, and Kalanick's name doesn't appear anywhere on Twin Galaxies, the organization that tracks video game high scores and world records.
The claim apparently goes back to an anecdote from Uber investor Chris Sacca. Back in 2015, the investor **ted on Twitter that he'd "never, ever want to compete" with Kalanick. When pressed to expand on that comment, Sacca took to Medium (https://medium.com/@sacca/why-i-would-never-want-to-compete-with-travis-kalanick-64e5f0218362) with a story about his dad's failed attempt to beat Kalanick at the Wii Sports minigame. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/04/23/travis-kalanick-uber-ceo-wii-tennis-record/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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