Craig ‘Torbull’ Levine has been a longstanding figurehead within esports innovating and overcoming the challenges faced in an ever-changing industry. Starting out his career as a founder of Team 3D in 2002, a North American professional esports organisation fielding teams in a variety of games including Counter-Strike, Painkiller, and Halo, seeing large amounts of success over his 5 years with the team.

Craig Levine is also the co-founder of the ESEA League, which stands as one of the most integral building blocks for competitive esports. On top of this Craig Levine also co-founded the ESS Agency connecting brands with the youth market through the video game entertainment industry, helping lay the foundations for the sponsorships we see in esports today.

Craig Levine has since moved to the esports production giant ESL where he operates as the co-CEO and has been with ESL since 2014 producing groundbreaking worldwide esports competitions viewed by millions around the world.

Daigo Umehara is a legendary professional fighting game player first competing at the age of 14 in 1995 and still playing to this day in a career spanning 25 years and still going strong.

Daigo has won countless tournaments throughout his illustrious career and holds an incredible 6 EVO titles beating the best of the best and dominating the scene as one of the greatest to ever pick up an arcade fight stick.

Daigo was the first Japanese professional esports player, and became one of esports’ first global superstars with a career filled to the brim with iconic moments cherished around the world, and to this day the legend of Daigo has fueled several books, a manga series and a statuette in his honour.

Johnathan ‘Fatal1ty’ Wendel is a former professional esports player who started out in 1999 aged just 18 years old dominating first-person shooter games throughout his career, specifically dominating the Quake scene becoming one of the first ‘stars’ of the esports scene.

Fatal1ty retired from esports at the top, having achieved record tournament wins and earnings before turning his attention elsewhere with a focus on enabling others in esports.

Fatal1ty is the cofounder of ‘ReadyUp’, an interactive event platform that makes it easier to find, follow, and join the action from the vibrant world of esports.

Richard Lewis is a British veteran esports journalist, tournament host, and analyst having worked with ELEAGUE, FACEIT, MLG, ESL & Dreamhack as well as having a huge catalog of published articles. These articles cover a broad variety of topics such as breaking news, exploring the biggest scandals in esports, giving expert analysis on the esports scene, and many many more.

Richard Lewis forged his own path into the industry through his dedication and devotion to his craft, garnering a large scale audience eagerly anticipating the next podcast, article, or event hosted by him. 

Richard Lewis has been a figurehead in the industry for a number of years, breaking through and creating the mould for esports journalism, helping shape the scene into what we know and love today.

Lim “BoxeR” Yo-Hwan is a former professional StarCraft player, he was known for his formidable skills and dominance in the game. Boxer is widely considered to be an icon of esports and is one of the most successful players to ever compete in Starcraft.

Boxer rose to fame for his conquering displays with the Terran race earning the nickname the Emperor of Terran. Boxer’s ingenuity and creativity paved the way for a magnitude of new strategies and ways to play the game, that are still being utilised to this day. Boxer would often defy the odds and clinch victory in the eyes of defeat.

With a career that has spanned over 12 years, countless achievements and records set and racking up an impressive 548 wins Boxer has left a lasting legacy in esports.

A lifelong fan of gaming, Mike Sepso was responsible for transforming esports from a grassroots scene into a global phenomenon. 

In 2002 Major League Gaming was born. Founded by Mike Sepso and co-founder Sundance DiGiovanni. Creating a circuit and building it from the ground up. Major League Gaming proceeded to set the bar, hosting some of the largest and most innovative tournaments of their time. 

Mike Sepso is recognised within the industry as one of the leading forces in the development of global esports. He was responsible for signing esports very first major non-endemic sponsors and for the very first esports television series on USA Networks back in 2006.