![]() This year’s class was selected from hundreds of nominations, submitted through a public online nomination form and generated from conversations with a variety of sources including industry insiders, internal research and Under 30 alums. Wolfe “WolfeyVGC” Glick,27, is one of the most popular Pokémon players and content creators in the world, and Levy Rozman,27, better known as GothamChess, was the internet’s unofficial chess teacher during a massive pandemic-fueled popularity boom. Alex Vanover,23, won the inaugural Drone Racing League, and now flies drones in commercials and movies like Michael Bay’s Ambulance. ![]() ![]() As a senior game producer at Meta, 29-year-old Mari Kyle works with Oculus Studios to create VR experiences, and is also the cofounder of the Labs group.Įlsewhere in the gaming industry, Under 30 listers are popularizing new forms of gaming. And 27-year-old Sara Alfageeh leads mentorship programs for Muslim creatives while running her company, One More Multiverse, an online platform for tabletop roleplaying games. Ally Parker,23, uses her status as a prominent Call of Duty broadcaster to promote her all-women esports tournament, The WxC. These honorees are not only challenging the industry’s reputation themselves, they are also actively pushing for diversity and advocating for future generations behind them. Of the nominees selected by the judges, 15 are women, and 15 identify as people of color (some entries are shared by multiple cofounders). This year’s Under 30 class continues to demonstrate how young people from diverse backgrounds are changing the gaming industry. Conrod’s Clix Creative got five million plays on Fortnite in its first two months, and Jacobs’ and Waldon’s Pixel Playground is looking to do the same on Roblox. For 18-year-old Cody “Clix” Conrod, 25-year-old Karl Jacobs and 26-year-old Forrest “Kreekcraft” Waldron-who have already built massive audiences and small fortunes creating video content on Twitch and YouTube-the goal has become to convert their millions of followers into players for games they design.
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