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How much do celebrities invest in eSports?
Many athletes and celebrities have become involved in the sports industry seeing their promising future.
This electronic sports industry is experiencing its best moment in terms of notoriety, investment and followers, which implies more games, more public, more tournaments and also more profits.
With the E-Sports industry set to receive $ 2.4 million in 2020, more and more celebrities are starting to get involved in the movement.
This is why, in recent years, several celebrities have decided to invest in this activity, either as shareholders or founders of their own electronic sports clubs.
Some of these celebrities are:
David Beckham invested € 27 million euros to found Guild eSports, a team with which he aspires to reach a market value of € 110 million euros.
Antoine Griezmann founded Grizi Esports in January 2020 with his brother Theo.
Ronaldo Nazario (also known as the Phenomenon), in January 2017 acquired 50% of the CNB E-Sports club, a team founded in 2001.
Will Smith and Keisuke Honda in turn invested 46 million dollars in the Korean GenG Esports team.
Basketball players Stephen Curry and Andre Iguodala of the Golden State Warriors also made the leap to E-Sports, investing 37 million dollars in TSM alongside former NFL quarterback Steve Young.
Michael Jordan, the most famous basketball player of recent times, less than a year and a half ago invested in aXiomatic Gaming, one of the arms of the esports franchise Team Liquid.
Canadian rapper Drake became co-owner of 100 Thieves, this E-Sports team that specializes in League of Legends, Fortnite y Clash Royale.
As we can see, the phenomenon of electronic sports is on the rise and today there are many people, including celebrities, who have decided to bet on this market, which will be the sports of the future.
