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They say the early bird catches the worm, and research suggests there might be some truth to the old adage.
Waking up with (or before) the sun allows executives like Apple CEO Tim Cook and "Shark Tank" investor Kevin O'Leary to get a head start on the day, knocking out tasks before the rest of the world has rolled out of bed.
Those "extra" hours with less distractions and fresh energy also give them a chance to do some creative thinking, fit in a workout, and spend time with family. And it should be noted that waking up early doesn't necessarily mean losing sleep.
Here are 21 early risers who may convince you never to hit snooze again.
Max Nisen, Aaron Taube, and Rachel Sugar contributed to earlier versions of this article.
Apple CEO Tim Cook wakes up at 3:45 a.m. and gets a head start on email.
The tech titan is known for getting up early.
According to a Time profile, "He wakes up at 3:45 every morning ('Yes, every morning'), does email for an hour, stealing a march on those lazy East Coasters three time zones ahead of him, then goes to the gym, then Starbucks (for more e-mail), then work. 'The thing about it is, when you love what you do, you don't really think of it as work. It's what you do. And that's the good fortune of where I find myself.'"
FLOTUS Michelle Obama is working out by 4:30 a.m.
While the president is known for getting very little sleep, he's got nothing on the first lady, who tells Oprah she starts her days with a 4:30 a.m. workout before her kids wake up.
"If I don't exercise, I won't feel good. I'll get depressed," she says, noting that it's easier to pull that off at the White House, where she has "much more support" than the average person.
AOL CEO Tim Armstrong starts his day at 5:00 a.m. but tries not to send too many early-morning e-mails.
The former Google executive tells The Guardian that he's "not a big sleeper" and wakes up at 5 a.m. or 5:15 a.m. every day to work out, read, tinker with the site, and hang out with his middle daughter, who is also an early riser.
Armstrong says he tries to hold off on sending emails until around 7:00 a.m.
Xerox CEO Ursula Burns rises at 5:15 a.m. to email and work out.
Burns uses early morning hours to get caught up on emails, getting up at 5:15 a.m. and sometimes working until midnight, according to Yahoo Finance.
She also uses the time to fit in a workout, according to Laura Vanderkam's "What The Most Successful People Do Before Breakfast." Burns schedules an hour of personal training at 6 a.m. twice a week.
GE CEO Jeff Immelt rises at 5:30 a.m. to work out.
Immelt tells Fortune that he gets up at 5:30 in the morning every day for a cardio workout, during which he reads the papers and watches CNBC. He claims to have worked 100-hour weeks for 24 straight years.
PepsiCo CEO Indra Nooyi is in the office by 7.am.
Nooyi wakes up as early as 4 a.m., telling Fortune that "they say sleep is a gift that God gives you ... that's one gift I was never given."
In a speakers series at Pepsi, she reveals that she is at work every day by no later than 7 a.m.
NextDesk director Dan Lee starts his day at 3:30 a.m.
The standing desk company leader tells TechInsider he wakes up at 3:30 a.m. "It's not for everyone," he says.
The first thing Lee does when he wakes up is drink two liters of water followed by two cups of coffee and a smoothie. Then he spends 30 minutes with his dog followed by an hour of reading time.
By 5:15 a.m., Lee is at the gym, where he works out until 6:15 a.m. He spends the next hour showering, shaving, and traveling to his office, and by 7:15 a.m., he's ready to start the workday.
Twitter and Square CEO Jack Dorsey wakes up before dawn for a 6-mile run.
According to New York Magazine, the Twitter cofounder wakes up at 5:30 a.m. to meditate and go for a six-mile jog.
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