Gary Vaynerchuk signs Fortnite World Cup winner Bugha to agency Gary Vaynerchuk \/ TODAY (YouTube)Gary Vaynerchuk\u2019s agency VaynerSports have announced the signing of reigning Fortnite world champion, Kyle \u2018Bugha\u2019 Giersdorf, as they officially move into the gaming industry. Even if you\u2019re not well versed in Fortnite, if you keep tabs on the realm of esports, you\u2019ll have heard of Bugha. Following his Fortnite World Cup win in 2019, the 17-year-old propelled himself into the public eye overnight and basked in the limelight, as he championed the successes of gaming into the mainstream media by most notably appearing on Jimmy Fallon\u2019s \u2018The Tonight Show.\u2019 He also won $3 million for his trouble. Now, almost a year on from the iconic tournament that put Bugha on everyone\u2019s radar, the youngster has become VaynerSports\u2019 first signing, as Gary Vaynerchuk leads his athlete representation agency into the gaming world. VaynerSports move into gaming with Bugha Speaking in VaynerSports\u2019 press release, Gary Vaynerchuk expressed his elation to finally enter the ever-growing gaming landscape with VaynerGaming. \u201cI have been quietly paying attention to the gaming industry for over a decade, building relationships and following the trends. One of the most exciting things about it, for me, is the gamers themselves. And when I look at the culture, the interest in the sector from other athletes, artists, celebrities \u2014 it is enormous. This is a very significant expansion for VaynerSports.\u201d The expansion into a dedicated division comes after Vaynerchuk previously pledged his allegiance to Activision\u2019s Call of Duty League, with his investment in Minnesota R\u00d8KKR. Per their press release, VaynerGaming will be expanding in the coming months, with the aim at signing a plethora of talent throughout the gaming industry to provide the same level of athlete representation that VaynerSports became so well known for. Joining VaynerGaming alongside Bugha is his long-term manager, Tyler Schmitt, who revealed his ambition to expand on the same winning formula with VaynerGaming. \u201cThe strategy for Bugha for the past nine months has proven successful and we\u2019ve put the pieces in place to scale and bring on additional players and personalities that we can elevate to a whole new level.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Gary Vaynerchuk signs Fortnite World Cup winner Bugha to agency Gary Vaynerchuk \/ TODAY (YouTube)Gary Vaynerchuk\u2019s agency VaynerSports have announced the signing of reigning Fortnite world champion, Kyle \u2018Bugha\u2019 Giersdorf, as they officially move into the gaming industry. Even if you\u2019re not well versed in Fortnite, if you keep tabs on the realm of esports, […]<\/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-75079","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75079","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=75079"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75079\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=75079"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=75079"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=75079"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}