Matthew "Nadeshot" Haag is CEO of 100 Thieves.
Matthew "Nadeshot" Haag is CEO of 100 Thieves.
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100 Thieves CEO ‘Nadeshot’ wins Esports Shaker of the year award

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Matthew “Nadeshot” Haag, the founder and CEO of the 100 Thieves esports organization, has been named the Shaker of The Year for Esports BAR’s Game Shakers Awards for 2020.

Esports BAR, an esports event company that Reedmidem owns, will honor Haag at its event in Cannes, France, in February. The Game Shakers Awards awards event is one of a number that are positioning to become a kind of Oscars of esports event for the fledgling esports industry, which could grow to $1.7 billion in revenue by 2021, according to market researcher Newzoo.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.