Noah Whinston

USA

Role

CEO

Organization

Immortals

Noah Whinston is the cofounder and CEO of Immortals, LLC, a global esports organisation based in Los Angeles, California. Founded in 2015, Immortals has raised strategic investment from AEG, Lionsgate, the Milken Family, Meg Whitman and Steve Kaplan. The franchise participates in several leading esports titles, including DOTA2, Rainbow Six: Siege, and Super Smash Brothers under the Immortals brand, and Clash Royale and Arena of Valor in its newly created Immortals Mobile division. It owns and operates one of two Los Angeles slots in Overwatch League, the Los Angeles Valiant. In 2018, it relaunched the Brazilian heritage brand MIBR for its CS:GO team, the most popular and competitively successful team in the world.

Whinston, 24, grew up in the Chicago suburb of Evanston and began his esports journey in online betting, where he was the top earner on a major League of Legends gambling site. In 2015, Whinston dropped out of Northwestern University and started Immortals. Leading Immortals to become one of the most prominent North American esports organisations, Whinston has also been a leader in promoting sustainable player treatment and industry ethics.

The speakers

Using the unique power of sport to bring people together, the Olympism in Action Forum saw a range of global players, including Olympic Movement stakeholders, athletes, private and public sector leaders, NGO representatives, academics, artists and the media come together to talk on topical contemporary issues. Chosen because of their ability to effect change and their wide range of sometimes differing opinions, the speakers led lively debates and seeked to challenge received wisdom to inspire new ways of thinking.