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30 Under 30

PRETTY. SUCCESSFUL.
The List

TOP-EARNING GAMERS
Splitting hairs with the Forbes 30 Under 30, in 30 words or less.

For the first time, we’ve
ranked the highest-paid
28 stars in gaming, a league of
legends who made a collec-
tive $121 million last year. The
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1. Tyler Blevins Braden Handley, 29
(a.k.a. Ninja)
COFOUNDER, INKBOX
EARNINGS: $17 MIL Phil Wong, 30, and Brian Jeong, 30
Toronto’s Inkbox (funding:
COFOUNDERS, HAWTHORNE
$14.1 million) makes temporary
2. Felix Kjellberg Backed by $10.5 million in funding, New peel-and-stick tattoos for adults
(PewDiePie) York’s Hawthorne provides a 23-question that last one to two weeks. An
$15 MIL web-based quiz to help men select the right astronaut and a koi are among
cologne, shampoo and body wash. the most popular designs.

3. Preston Arsement
(Preston)
$14 MIL

4. Mark Fischbach
(Markiplier)
$14 MIL

5. Michael Grzesiek
(Shroud)
$12.5 MIL
Sarah Ribner, 30
COFOUNDER, PIPERWAI
6. Daniel Middleton In 2014, Ribner bootstrapped
(DanTDM) Alex Tomic, 26, and Nik Mirkovic, 24 natural deodorant PiperWai
$12 MIL COFOUNDERS, HISMILE
with cofounder Jess Edelstein.
The Australians’ teeth-whitening gel took off after Their speed sticks took off,

a Kylie Jenner sponsorship. Jenner’s 2016 Instagram and PiperWai has since
7. Evan Fong
(VanossGaming) post has accumulated 1.8 million likes; HiSmile had added a deodorant cream and
$11.5 MIL $100 million–plus in 2019 revenue. underarm moisturizing oil.

8. Sean McLoughlin
(Jacksepticeye)
$11 MIL
Kimberly Lewis, 28, and
Timothy Lewis, 29

9. Timothy Betar COFOUNDERS, CURLMIX
(TimTheTatman) This Chicago couple—Tim’s a former
$8 MIL Who Wants to Be a Millionaire
contestant—got $1.2 million in 2019 30 UNDER 30 BY MARLEY COYNE ILLUSTRATIONS BY AARON SACCO
for CurlMix’s line of organic shampoos
10. Nick Kolcheff

(Nickmercs) designed for African-Americans.
$6 MIL

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