The Power of Persistence: Paul Ripke's Secret to Building a Brand

On this week’s episode, WHOOP Founder and CEO Will Ahmed is joined by social media personality and photographer Paul Ripke. Paul became famous for taking pictures of German hip-hop bands, F1 star Lewis Hamilton, and the German National Team that won the World Cup in 2014. Will and Paul discuss how “Average Paul” became a WHOOP ambassador (1:53), building a career as a photographer (5:39), getting banned from FIFA for four years (8:36), the crossroads of luck and opportunity (10:29), what it"s like working with the worlds top athletes (17:14), and Paul’s WHOOP data (30:20). Resources: Paul’s Instagram Paul’s YouTube Channel Paul’s Podcast Follow WHOOP www.whoop.com Trial WHOOP for Free Instagram TikTok X Facebook LinkedIn Follow Will Ahmed Instagram X LinkedIn Support the show