Gen.G

Gen.G (), previously known as KSV Esports, is a professional esports organization with headquarters in Santa Monica, Seoul, and Shanghai. According to Forbes, Gen.G is the sixth most valuable esports organization in the world as of December 2020, worth US$185 million.
History.
In mid-2017, Kevin Chou and Kent Wakeford, co-founders of the video game development company Kabam, established the esports organization KSV (Korea plus Silicon Valley) esports International, as they purchased the rights to an Overwatch League franchise in Seoul, South Korea, for a reported $20 million. This later became the Seoul Dynasty. In October 2017, the company expanded into "Heroes of the Storm" by acquiring the teams MVP Black and MVP Miracle; In November 2017, KSV signed a roster for Overwatch Contenders, established their "PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds" team, and acquired Samsung Galaxy's "League of Legends" team.
On May 3, 2018, KSV eSports announced they had rebranded themselves as Gen.G and added a new "Clash Royale" esports team. On October 25, 2018, Gen.G signed an all-female roster for "Fortnite". In late January 2019, Gen.G acquired Team Space as their new "Call of Duty" team. A month later, the team unveiled its "Apex Legends" roster, which included former Overwatch League players Chris "Grimreality" Schaefer and Ted "silkthread" Wang.
Divisions.
"Counter-Strike: Global Offensive".
On December 6, 2019, Gen.G signed the former core of Cloud9 along with the team's assistant coach. winner, Timothy "autimatic" Ta was signed, along with Kenneth "koosta" Suen, Damian "daps" Steele, and Chris "Elmapuddy" Tebbit as head coach. Three days later, Gen.G signed Sam "s0m" Oh after he was released from Team Envy. Hunter "SicK" Mims was also announced as a stand-in for the IEM Katowice 2020 qualifiers until the final slot was filled. On December 22, Gen.G announced the signing Hansel "BnTeT" Ferdinand from top Chinese team TyLoo to finalize the roster. On December 15, 2020 Gen.G places their entire roster on transfer list.
"Fortnite".
In August 2019, Gen.G partnered with dating app Bumble to create an all-female "Fortnite" team.
"NBA 2K".
Gen.G bought the only non-North American slot in the NBA 2k League. On January 20, 2020, The team was revealed to be called the Tigers of Shanghai.