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 Richard Tyler Blevins (NINJA)

Blevins began in streaming through participating in several esports teams in competitive play for Halo 3, and
attained notoriety when he started playing Fortnite Battle Royale in October 2017. Prior to retiring his Twitch
 profile of streaming in favor of Mixer on August 1, 2019, Blevins had over 14 million followers and is the 
most-followed active Twitch channel.
 Early life
Richard Tyler Blevins was born on June 5, 1991, to
American parents of Welsh descent. Though born in the 
Detroit area, he moved with his family to the 
Chicago suburbs when he was an infant. He attended 
Grayslake Central High School, where he played soccer.
Upon graduation, he decided to play video games
professionally, entering tournaments, joining
professional organizations, and live streaming his
games.
 Career
Esports and streaming
Blevins began playing Halo 3 professionally in 2009.  He
played for various organizations including Cloud9, 
Renegades, Team Liquid,  and most recently, 
Luminosity Gaming.  Blevins became a streamer in 2011.
 He began playing H1Z1, then moved to PlayerUnknown's
Battlegrounds. He joined Luminosity Gaming in 2017 first
as a Halo player, then to H1Z1, later moving to PUBG,
where he won the PUBG Gamescom Invitational Squads
classification in August 2017.
 Charitable work
In a fundraising charity stream held in February 2018, Blevins
raised over $110,000 to be donated to the 
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. During the first 
Fortnite Battle Royale Esports event in April 2018, Blevins
gave away nearly $50,000 in prize money, with $2,500 of that
going to the Alzheimer's Association. Later in April, he
participated in the #Clips4Kids event with other fellow
streamers DrLupo and TimTheTatman, and in total, he
helped raise over $340,000.[ At E3 2018, Blevins and 
Marshmello won the Fortnite Pro-Am event which resulted in
the donation of the $1 million prize to a charity of their
choice.
 Awards and nominations
Year Award Category Result
Breakout Creator Nominated
Creator of the Year Nominated
Streamy Awards
Gaming Won

2018 Live Streamer Won

Esports Awards Esports Personality of Won

the Year

The Game Awards 201 Content Creator of Won

8 the Year

Shorty Awards Twitch Streamer of Won

the Year
2019
Creator of the Year Nominated
Streamy Awards
Live Streamer Won
2020 Kids' Choice Awards Favorite Gamer Nominated
 NET WORTH
Real Name Richard Tyler Blevins Jr.
Born 5 June 1991
Age 29
Net Worth $15-20 million
Nationality American
Sponsors Adidas, Red Bull, Uber Eats, NZXT
Marital Status Married
Spouse Jessica Goch
Height 6 ft 1 inch
Sponsors Red Bull, Uber Eats, and NZXT

Fortnite, PlayerUnknown’s
Games he plays Battlegrounds, Halo, Apex Legends
and Valorant
THANK- YOU