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FaZe Clan goes public as first esports and gamer lifestyle brand on Nasdaq

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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FaZe Clan, the esports and gaming lifestyle and media brand, is going public today in a deal that valued the company at $725 million.

The company is making its bid to be the harbinger of mainstream youth culture, even though it still has challenges making money as we’re heading into a possible recession. [Update: The stock opened at $13.02 a share, and it fell 29% to $9.23 a share in early trading.]

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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.