Brandon Beck – Biography, Net Worth, Wife, Facts About Riot Games CEO

Most avid gamers and even no gamers must have heard of Battle Arena – League of Legends online multiplayer video game. The game is a creation of Riot Games and was well received after its release in 2009 and since then it has performed very well with every new update from the previous version. For all of these reasons, we remain eternally grateful to Brandon Beck and Marc Merrill, two former students and roommates at the University of Southern California, who are credited with coming up with the concept for the game.

Much has already been written about the League of Legends with much more in the pipeline. As is the norm in the gaming industry, most gamers almost never know the real identities of their favorite game makers. However, in this article, we are going to shine a light on the personality of Brandon Beck by telling you everything there is to know about his background, career, family life, and more.

Brandon Beck’s Bio

Brandon Beck is an American entrepreneur who was born on April 10, 1982. He is white while his nationality is American. After graduating from high school, he enrolled at the University of Southern California (USC) where he earned a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with a major in Finance/Marketing.

After graduating, Brandon Beck started his career in 2004 as a management consultant with Bain & Company, a management consulting firm based in Boston, Massachusetts. He worked here for two years and a month before he left. By then, it had already expanded by focusing on entertainment, private equity, and technology.

Brandon co-founded Riot Games in August 2016 alongside fellow USC roommate Marc Merrill. Their objective was to create a game that would be continuously developed on what already exists and that could at the same time unite players from all over the world. Drawing inspiration from Defense of the Ancients and Warcraft III: Modone of the Frozen Throne, the duo envisioned a multiplayer online battle arena video game titled League of Legends (abbreviated as LoL). The game was first released in October 2009 and has been on the rise ever since.

In October 2016, Riot Games also released another game, a cooperative board game titled Mechs vs Minions. The company has grown since its inception profitably thanks to the management expertise of one of its founders – Brandon Beck. The company is now headquartered in West Los Angeles, California, and has more than 24 offices worldwide, with more than 2,500 staff members. Its parent company is Tencent and one of its subsidiaries is Radiant Entertainment.

Other minigames they have under their belt include arcade games like Astro Teemo (2013), Cho’Gath Eats the World (2014), Blitzcrank’s Poro Roundup (2015), and Ziggs Arcade Blast (2017). They also have the shooter subgenre in action genre games like Star Guardian: Insomnia and PROJECT.EXEcute both in 2018 and sports Super Zac Ball also released in 2018.

women

For a man like Brandon Beck who had fun pursuing his career, we can only wish he didn’t have a difficult relationship/married life and yes, he doesn’t.

He is happily married to Natasha Beck who dated for several months before walking her down the aisle. There aren’t many details about their family life, but Brandon’s social media posts and his wife’s revelations of his care and love for her despite his fame, we can tell. deduce that their family is happy. Moreover, the lovebirds are now the parents of a child, a boy born on April 7, 2014 and named Ryde.

Other Facts About Riot Games CEO

• Body measurements and features

Brandon Beck is 5ft 9in and weighs around 65kg. He has dark brown eyes adorned with black hair. Due to her age, her hair gradually turns gray.

• Alumni of the University of Southern California

He delivered the keynote address at the USC Marshall School of Business in 2011. The event brought together young entrepreneurs whom he inspired with his success at Riot Games.

• His other businesses

In case you’re wondering if there’s anything besides Brandon Beck other than serving as CEO and co-chairman of Riot Games, yes. He is an advisor at Troy Capital Partners, a multi-stage venture capital fund that invests in transformational technology companies around the world.

He is also co-manager of the newest Major League Soccer team named Los Angeles Soccer Club. In 2016, Brandon was named one of the 50 Most Influential People in Sports in Southern California.