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By Dan Bova

Virgin

In his latest blog post, impossibly energetic Richard Branson wrote about various members of his vast Virgin empire taking part in the Mannequin Challenge.

Never one to steer clear of a competition, Branson sent his own volley into the court of social media, writing, "Not wanting to miss out on the fun and games, I did my best mannequin impression accompanied by the Virgin Limited Edition team and players, officials and spectators of this year's Necker Cup. As you can see, my double partner, Grigor Dimitrov held serve (more on that soon!)"

Related: Richard Branson: Just Say Yes to Smoking Pot With Your Kids

It's hard to find "fault" with the billionaire's tennis set up (but it's OK to hate us for that terrible pun.) See what you think!

#mannequinchallenge at the #neckercup with @grigordimitrov @neckercup @virginlimitededition @neckerislandtennis

A video posted by Richard Branson (@richardbranson) on Nov 19, 2016 at 8:48am PST

Dan Bova

Entrepreneur Staff

VP of Special Projects

Dan Bova is the VP of Special Projects at Entrepreneur.com. He previously worked at Jimmy Kimmel Live, Maxim, and Spy magazine. His latest books for kids include This Day in History, Car and Driver's Trivia ZoneRoad & Track Crew's Big & Fast Cars, The Big Little Book of Awesome Stuff, and Wendell the Werewolf

Read his humor column This Should Be Fun if you want to feel better about yourself.

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