Toronto Ultra & Toronto Defiant\u2019s OverActive Media CEO steps down Toronto DefiantChris Overholt has stepped down as CEO of OverActive Media, the owner of the MAD Lions and the Toronto-based franchises in the Overwatch League and Call of Duty League, the company has announced. Overholt is stepping aside from the role to \u201cpursue another opportunity\u201d, according to OverActive Media, with co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer Adam Adamou taking over as CEO on an interim basis. It remains unclear if Overholt will continue in the esports industry. The former CEO of the Canadian Olympic Committee for eight years, he was hired by OverActive Media in October 2018 as the company\u2019s founding CEO, overseeing operations as it expanded into other games and became listed on the Toronto Venture Exchange in 2021. \u201cUnder Chris\u2019 leadership, OverActive has emerged as one of the world\u2019s leading esports organizations,\u201d said chairman Sheldon Pollack. \u201cHis experience, passion and vision for our potential has established a strong foundation on which we will continue building our business. \u201cWe are grateful to have had Chris leading our organization during such a pivotal time in our development.\u201d OverActive Media is the owner of the Overwatch League Toronto Defiant and the Call of Duty League team Toronto Ultra. It also owns esports organization MAD Lions, which competes in League of Legends with a team in Europe\u2019s LEC, and Valorant with an NA Challengers squad. The changes in OverActive Media\u2019s leadership come amid a turbulent week for companies involved in the Overwatch League and Call of Duty League. Reports have suggested that Kroenke Sports & Entertainment is looking to sell its teams in the Overwatch League and the Call of Duty League after gutting several departments in its esports company, The Guard. This \u201ccould signal more exits to come among other franchise owners\u201d, according to Sports Business Journal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Toronto Ultra & Toronto Defiant\u2019s OverActive Media CEO steps down Toronto DefiantChris Overholt has stepped down as CEO of OverActive Media, the owner of the MAD Lions and the Toronto-based franchises in the Overwatch League and Call of Duty League, the company has announced. Overholt is stepping aside from the role to \u201cpursue another opportunity\u201d, […]<\/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-67054","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67054","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=67054"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67054\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67054"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67054"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67054"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}