Sam Mathews

Current

• CEO at UGAME
• Founder and Managing Director at Fnatic

Education

• University of Southampton
• Cranleigh School

Recommended

3 people have recommended Sam

Connections

147 connections

Industry

Computer Games

Websites

• My Company
• My Company

Sam Mathews’s Summary

I develop new products and explore ideas especially within the gaming market. Passionate about esports and its development into global phenomenon. I want to change the game.

Sam Mathews’s Specialties:

New ventures, Website development, Marketing, Public Relations, Branding.

Sam Mathews’s Experience

• CEO

  UGAME

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Games industry)

  April 2007 — Present (1 year 7 months)

  UGAME is a social network designed exclusively for gamers. It provides them with a place to interact with friends, find new opponents, share, play, and use focused web services; all of which have been designed from the ground up by passionate gamers. UGAME enhances the enjoyment of a user’s online gaming experience; whether they are in their 50’s and have a love of Wii Tennis, or they are a 15 year old Warcraft warrior!

• Founder and Managing Director

  Fnatic

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Games industry)

  January 2004 — Present (4 years 10 months)

  The Fnatic Team is a professional video gaming team, consisting of players from across the globe who all make a living through competing in video game tournaments.
  
  The fnatic team won the ESPORTS TEAM OF THE YEAR AWARD 2006 and iwas nominated in 2007, ranked the worlds number 1 counterstrike team in both 2006 and 2007 and has the world number 2 WoW team. Fnatic has been featured on MTV, BBC, CNBC, CBS Sports, as well as countless other mainstream media appearances.
  
  Watch the documentary on Fnatic here: http://www.fnatic.com/tv/8/Fnatic---GameplayHD--Part-One.html.

Sam Mathews’s Education

• University of Southampton

  BSc Hons., Management Science and Accounting, 2002 — 2006

• Cranleigh School

  Maths, Physics, Economics 2002

Additional Information

Sam Mathews’s Websites:

• My Company
• My Company

Sam Mathews’s Interests:

New Technology, gaming, dancing, getting investment, scaling & growing companies, new ventures

Sam Mathews’s Groups:

Fnatic, ESPORTS, G7 TEAMS, UGAME

•    Digital Mission New York 2008

Sam Mathews’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• new ventures
• job inquiries
• expertise requests
• business deals
• reference requests
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