Evil Geniuses CEO steps down following a year fraught with controversy Evil Geniuses | YouTubeEvil Geniuses CEO Nicole LaPointe Jameson has announced that she\u2019s stepping down from her position following a year that was filled to the brim with controversy around the esports organization. Hot off of Evil Geniuses winning it all at Valorant Champions 2023, CEO Nicole LaPointe Jameson has decided to step down from her position. 2023 saw Evil Geniuses in hot water more often than not between the Danny allegations, merch that disappointed fans following their Valorant Champions win, allegations that their content team plagiarized ideas from the LEC, and more. Though the end result has ultimately been positive for Evil Geniuses, the path to the finish hasn\u2019t been an easy one. The org has ultimately been dealt yet another blow now that EG CEO Nicole LaPointe Jameson is stepping down, giving the keys to Chris DeAppolonio as an interim CEO until they find someone to take on the role permanently. Evil Geniuses CEO Nicole LaPointe steps down As revealed in an interview by Digiday, LaPointe is stepping away from her role. The interview that accompanied the announcement had the now-former CEO reflecting on her time with the organization and what ultimately made her want to move on. According to her, the current model for monetizing an esports team doesn\u2019t work. She\u2019s passed the torch knowing that, in her mind, Evil Geniuses will have to evolve to survive. \u201cThe name of the game is what\u2019s the next evolution of revenue growth, revenue diversification and innovation, because I think the world knows just functioning and monetizing as an esports team today doesn\u2019t work.\u201d LaPointe also claimed that she was \u201cna\u00efve\u201d about the way that she stepped into the world of esports as a public-facing CEO, and that she feels like she\u2019s had a positive impact even if there were fair criticisms levied against her. Additionally, LaPointe dismissed the notion that controversy surrounding Danny could have led to her departure amid an ongoing investigation. \u201cWe \u2014 myself or EG \u2014 have still not received any actual complaints from Danny or his family around this. Danny even posted on Twitter himself that he did not feel mistreated and had a good experience. So I know that\u2019s been a divide; I know people want an apology. But, as of now, I have nothing to apologize for.\u201d LaPointe also released a statement on EG\u2019s Twitter account: Ultimately, it remains to be seen what happens now that Evil Geniuses will be under new leadership. While they\u2019re certainly in a place to succeed considering they have some of the best teams in esports, it remains to be seen how the org will change as a result of this decision.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Evil Geniuses CEO steps down following a year fraught with controversy Evil Geniuses | YouTubeEvil Geniuses CEO Nicole LaPointe Jameson has announced that she\u2019s stepping down from her position following a year that was filled to the brim with controversy around the esports organization. Hot off of Evil Geniuses winning it all at Valorant Champions […]<\/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-66509","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66509","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=66509"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66509\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66509"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66509"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66509"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}