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Andy Dinh      

Founder, Team SoloMid

In the world of competitive video gaming, Dinh may be the next Michael Jordan or Nolan Ryan--a professional player turned team owner and sports icon. His Team SoloMid is North America's top squad in the Tencent-owned game League of Legends, a hugely popular eSport which attracts 100 million players monthly and sells out arenas like Madison Square Garden for live competitions. "As I just competed more and more, eSports was taken a lot more seriously," Dinh said. "[Now], you're seeing billionaires buy teams in eSports." After failing to persuade existing eSports organizations to pick up his team, Dinh formed TSM in 2009. He ran the organization while still serving as captain of the five-man team before stepping down in 2013 to focus solely on management. TSM's YouTube channel has half-a-million subscribers, and their star player, Søren "Bjergsen" Bjerg boasts 1.2 million followers on Twitch. Dinh has been aggressive about monetizing the business, bringing in sponsors like Geico, HTC, Red Bull and Axe.

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The 24-Year-Old Founder Behind eSports Empire TSM
Andy Dinh went from pro gamer to founding one of the largest eSports empires in the world. TSM is known for League of Legends, Super Smash Bros. and more.
Riot Games And TSM Are Going At It Over 'League of Legends ...
A new conflict has emerged that is pitting the most well-known team owner in the LCS, Andy “Reginald” Dinh of Team SoloMid, against the President of Riot ...
Owner-operated PEA wants to improve player pay in esports
"The [current] esports revenue model is simply broken," Team SoloMid CEO Andy Dinh said in the conference call. He said teams currently make money by ...
Challenges facing pro video gamers in US
Making the case why video gamers are athletes, with Andy Dinh, TSM founder and CEO.
Teams rally around #LCSForever after Andy 'Reginald' Dinh's latest ...
After a back-and-forth dialogue about maintaining the competitive ecosystem in League of Legends between Riot Games cofounder Marc Merrill and Team ...

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