In 2013, Fabien Devide, 21 at the time, founded Team Vitality.
Less than ten years later, this e-sports club - video games at a competitive level - is part of the world's top 10 in the specialty with more than a hundred national and international titles in its showcase.
And the American magazine
Forbes
has just ranked the entrepreneur among the thirty most influential European personalities under 30 in his field.
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LE FIGARO.
- On June 3, you were received at the Élysée by Emmanuel Macron with the biggest names in French e-sport.
What do you remember from this meeting?
Fabien DEVIDE.
-
The President of the Republic, who has supported our sector since the start of his five-year term, has promised to continue to help us to better structure ourselves in order to "
create value for the country"
.
He also pledged that France is a candidate for the organization of major international video game competitions, with a view to the Paris Olympics in 2024.
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