“I started streaming when I was 23 and I just haven’t stopped,” she said. Her blue-light glasses and large wireless headphones made her resemble an air traffic controller, tasked with managing an endless livestream. She was seated in her usual spot: a white ergonomic gaming chair by Mavix, before a 27-inch HP Omen gaming monitor in the bedroom of her new modern home just outside of Beverly Hills. “Yeah, apparently somehow I am co-owner of 100 Thieves, which is insane,” she said, flashing a toothy grin that is well known to her fans. In a Zoom interview last month, Valkyrae was still reeling from her title change. What is new is that we are more visible now.” Live From Beverly Hills “My girlfriends and I have been playing video games since we were 6 years old,” Valkyrae said. The appointment of Valkyrae, the company’s first female owner, is also an acknowledgment of the growing influence of female players, who now make up nearly 41 percent of video game users in the United States, according to Statista. Jack Dunlop, 26, better known as the Fortnite megastar CouRage, was also named as an owner. Valkyrae, whose real name is Rachell Hofstetter, was named today as one of six owners of 100 Thieves, the e-sports team juggernaut and lifestyle brand in Los Angeles. The 29-year-old gamer can now add company executive to her accomplishments. “Rae is the fastest growing live streamer in the entire world, and now the biggest female gaming streamer in the world,” Ryan Wyatt, the head of YouTube’s gaming division, declared on Twitter in October. Stream Hatchet, a gaming analytics company, estimates that fans spent 24 million hours watching her during the pandemic. A few days earlier, she starred as the blood-spitting heroine in Machine Gun Kelly’s new horror-tinged music video, “ Day Walker.” Valkyrae, who goes by Rae, also announced a web talk show, “ Q and Rae,” and was declared the “ Queen of YouTube” by the online e-sports news site Dexerto. Last month, over 650,000 fans viewed her playing the space-cartoon multiplayer game Among Us. In the relentlessly on-demand world of livestream gaming, few are as in demand as the YouTube creator Valkyrae.
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