
Pictured: 100 Thieves Founder Matthew “Nadeshot” Haag (left); VP of Esports, Jacob Toft-Andersen (center); and COO and President John Robinson (right). Credit: 100 Thieves
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- 100 Thieves has hired former Dota 2 pro Jacob Toft-Andersen as vice president of esports.
- The organization will restructure the responsibilities of other staff members in charge of esports operations.
- Toft-Andersen previously worked for Infinite Esports & Entertainment, which was acquired by Immortals Gaming Club earlier this month.
Esports organization 100 Thieves has appointed former Infinite Esports & Entertainment
senior vice president of operations Jacob Toft-Andersen as its VP of esports. Toft-Andersen will oversee all competitive teams and lead the company’s expansion into new titles.
According to the announcement, current Head of Esports operations Eric “Muddawg” Sanders will continue in his role, focusing on 100 Thieves’ Call of Duty and battle royale (Fortnite
, Apex Legends
) efforts, while serving in a supporting role for all other esports operations. Additionally, Director of Business Development Jackson Dahl will transition out of his current post as League of Legends
general manager at the end of the League of Legends Championship Series
(LCS) Summer Split to focus fully on business development.
Toft-Andersen began his esports career as a professional Dota 2 player, competing most notably for Evil Geniuses
. In 2013 he transitioned from competitor to general manager for the organization. He then operated his own esports organization, Elements, in the European LCS (now the LoL European Championship, or LEC) until the company, its competitive roster, and its LCS spot was sold to soccer club FC Schalke 04
.
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After working with Schalke as manager of esports for a few months, Toft-Andersen took the role of director of esports at North , an esports organization created as a joint venture between F.C. Copenhagen and Nordisk Film. He then moved to OpTic Gaming
parent company Infinite Esports & Entertainment in 2018.
Infinite was acquired by Immortals Gaming Club earlier this month.
Currently, 100 Thieves’ competitive roster includes its LCS franchise and its sister Academy team, a Call of Duty team that has won two World League championships so far this season, a roster of battle royale competitors and streamers across Fortnite and Apex Legends, as well as a group of content creators that recently added popular Fortnite streamer Jack “CouRage” Dunlop.