Английская Википедия:Guild Esports

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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Use British English Шаблон:Infobox company Guild Esports PLC (previously The Lords Esports) is a United Kingdom-based professional esports company founded in 2019. The company is co-owned by former professional football player David Beckham and launched globally in June 2020. Guild Esports was the first esports firm to be publicly traded in the United Kingdom. The organisation has competitive teams in Counter-Strike 2, EAFC 24, Fortnite, Street Fighter 6, F4 Esports (Sim Racing) and Valorant.

History

The Guild Esports was founded in September 2019 under the name The Lords Esports. Later that year, the company sold 11.7% of its shares to investment firm Blue Star Capital for Шаблон:GBP (Шаблон:USD). In June 2020, The Lords Esports raised an additional Шаблон:GBPШаблон:Nbspmillion (Шаблон:USDШаблон:NbspM) in private funding, with former professional football player David Beckham acquiring a "significant minority stake" in the company, and rebranded to Guild Esports. The company made its shares available through its initial public offering (IPO) on the London Stock Exchange (LSE) in September 2020, making Guild Esports the first publicly traded esports organization on the LSE, and raised Шаблон:GBPШаблон:Nbspmillion (Шаблон:USDШаблон:NbspM) through the IPO. In September 2021, it was announced that Guild had become main shirt sponsors of League of Ireland Premier Division club Finn Harps, meaning the brand would also feature in FIFA 22 on the club's shirts.

In January 2022, Guild Esports signed a 10-year lease for a Шаблон:Convert facility in London. The facility will act as the organization's headquarters and training facility and is expected to open in Q2.

Esports

In November 2020, Guild Esports created their Fortnite division. In March 2021, the team won the Fortnite Champion Series European Grand Finals. The next month, the organisation's Rocket League team won the Rocket League Championship Series EU Spring Regional.