DrLupo becomes \u201cthe face\u201d of Rogue in massive new ReKTGlobal deal Legendary Fortnite icon Benjamin \u2018DrLupo\u2019 Lupo has signed a new multi-year deal with ReKTGlobal, the parent company of Rogue, the organization he has represented for a number of years already. Lupo\u2019s achievements speak for themselves: he is an extremely popular Twitch streamer, with over 2 million followers, and has represented Rogue for much of his time on the platform. He also earned a spot on TIME Magazine\u2019s most influential people on the internet. The streamer is also well-known for his charity work. In 2019, the St. Jude Children\u2019s Research Hospital named DrLupo its inaugural Content Creator of the Year. His four-hour PLAY LIVE stream helped raise nearly $1M. According to ReKTGlobal, as part of the deal, Lupo will be serving as the face of Rogue. This will be through appearances, streams and sponsorship activations. Additionally, the Fortnite star will be involved in all aspects of the organization\u2019s business such as Rogue Nation and Junior Rogue. As part of the deal, the 32-year-old will have equity in ReKTGlobal. \u201cRogue encompasses professionalism at its finest in the esports industry,\u201d Lupo said. \u201cThe relationships that I\u2019ve developed within Rogue feel like no other \u2013 the only word I can use to truly describe the feeling is \u2018family.\u2019 \u201cThey\u2019re goal-oriented without losing focus on what is most important in gaming: fun. I\u2019m excited to continue to work with Rogue and ReKTGlobal on a ton of exciting upcoming adventures, and I cannot wait to get more people involved.\u201d The star also confirmed will be limited edition merch drops, celebrity appearances and hinted at some sort of \u2018world tour\u2019 coming soon. \u201cBen, otherwise known as DrLupo, is the rarest of the rare in esports,\u201d Dave Bialek, CEO of ReKTGlobal said. \u201cHe is part celebrity and part philanthropist. He is an individual superstar and the Captain of Rogue\u2019s Fortnite and Junior Rogue teams\u2026His family values and support for Rogue and ReKTGlobal make him the only choice to serve at the face of our growing organization. We are thrilled to have him as an integral part of the company.\u201d \u201cBen is an integral part of the Rogue brand and has been for some time now,\u201d added Derek Nelson, Founder and CEO of Rogue. \u201cNegotiations of his contract extension couldn\u2019t have gone smoother. He shares our vision for the expansion of the company\u2019s content and the growth of the company at large. He and his wife Sam have a great relationship with our executives, staff and other players, and we\u2019re all thrilled to keep them part of the Rogue family.\u201d The 32-year-old is one of the most popular streamers on Twitch with over 3 million followers. Lupo will now be front and center with the likes of Steve Aoki and Imagine Dragons as the face of Rogue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
DrLupo becomes \u201cthe face\u201d of Rogue in massive new ReKTGlobal deal Legendary Fortnite icon Benjamin \u2018DrLupo\u2019 Lupo has signed a new multi-year deal with ReKTGlobal, the parent company of Rogue, the organization he has represented for a number of years already. Lupo\u2019s achievements speak for themselves: he is an extremely popular Twitch streamer, with over […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-47731","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47731","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47731"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47731\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47731"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47731"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47731"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}