Jens Hilgers
German serial entrepreneur (born 1975)
Jens Hilgers (born 1975) is a German entrepreneur who works in the esports industry. He was the founding CEO of the esports production company Electronic Sports League (ESL), and is a co-founder and the CEO of Bayes (formerly Dojo Madness), an esports data company based in Berlin. In 2014, he co-founded G2 Esports together with Carlos "Ocelote" Rodriguez, and currently serves as its chairman. He is also the founding general partner of BITKRAFT Ventures, a global early and mid-stage investment platform for gaming, esports, and a new technology named Web3. He has been credited as an early pioneer of the esports industry.
Background
Jens Hilgers, a German native, was born in the city of Cologne in 1975. He pursued his academic education in the field of software development and successfully completed his studies in 1998. Hilgers attributes his fondness for product development to his childhood exposure to the plastic construction toy Lego and the Amiga 500 computer.
Career
Hilgers began his esports career in 1997. While in college, he built Gamers.de, a news portal for online PC games; later he launched the first German Clan League and created Gamers Gathering, a European LAN-Party.
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