FNATIC, pronounced 'fanatic', are one of the most iconic esports organizations in the world.
While most famous for their involvement in the multiplayer online battle arena title League of Legends, they have also been involved in esports such as Counter Strike, Apex Legends and Valorant.
And in a world of esports dominated by regions such as Asia and North America, FNATIC are one of, if not the, most iconic teams from the United Kingdom.
FNATIC are an esports team originally from the United Kingdom, with their main headquarters situated in London.
One of the older esports organizations around, FNATIC were founded more than 20 years ago in July 2004.
They entered the League of Legends scene more recently in March 2011.
FNATIC were founded by esports enthusiasts Sam Mathews and Anne Mathews and both have since served as CEOs of the organization.
Founder Sam Mathews is the current CEO of FNATIC.
According to Forbes in 2022, Fnatic had an estimated worth of $260 million, putting them among the top ten most valuable esports organizations in the world.
FNATIC have not only won the League of Legends World Championship, one of the most prestigious events in the world of esports, but they won the inaugural edition of it back in 2011.
They have continued to excel in League of Legends specifically and they held the record for the most LEC (European) titles between 2011 and 2020.
Continuing the theme of FNATIC being esports pioneers, they also won the first ever Counter Strike: Global Offensive major back in 2013.
When Sam Mathews co-founded FNATIC back in 2004, he helped to fund the organization by selling his car, helping him to cover the costs of transporting players to an event in Las Vegas.
Since they were formed back in 2004, FNATIC have enjoyed wins across 30 different game titles.
League of Legends is undoubtedly the esport for which FNATIC are most famous and they have a talented, multi-national roster for the game title.
Their current League of Legends roster is made up of "Oscarinin", "Razork", "Humanoid", "Upset" and "Mikyx".