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Kara Swisher Joins the Tech Exec Crowd in Taking Ice Bucket Challenge (Video)

Watch the most feared woman in tech get doused on air on CNBC.

CNBC

Let’s be honest, who hasn’t wanted to dump a bucket of ice water over Kara Swisher?

Well, CNBC got the chance today, doing it on air.

Re/code’s co-CEO was the latest to take the ice bucket challenge, an effort to raise awareness for ALS, a.k.a. Lou Gehrig’s disease.

For her part, Kara challenged Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer, Rupert Murdoch and Jennifer Beals.

Kara joins a who’s who of tech executives including Apple CEO Tim Cook, Google’s Sergey Brin and Larry Page, Microsoft’s Satya Nadella, AT&T’s Ralph de la Vega and T-Mobile’s John Legere.

This article originally appeared on Recode.net.

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