CEO, ESL FACEIT Group (sole CEO since 2025), Esl Faceit Efg
Search every verified Niccolo Maisto interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. Niccolò Maisto, CEO of ESL FACEIT Group, spoke at the FII8 conference in Riyadh on October 1, 2024, as part of a panel titled "How PIF is Reshaping Global Sports." During the discussion, Maisto described the Public Investment Fund's (PIF) investment in his company as "a visionary investment," stating that it allowed the company to build "capabilities that are quite unique" and to support events such as the Esports World Cup and IEM Cologne simultaneously. He added that while many companies exist in esports, his company was "lucky or good enough" to receive an investment from PIF and Savvy of a size and timeframe that enabled the development of that infrastructure. In a 2017 interview, Maisto discussed his background transitioning from investment banking and private equity to co-founding FACEIT. He advised aspiring entrepreneurs to "launch now," to find co-founders who "really add value" rather than friends, and to listen to customers, as they determine whether a product succeeds. He also emphasized that key performance indicators for startups should focus on engagement, such as the number of matches played and user retention.
“The investment was very much a visionary investment if you look at where the industry was four years ago... it allowed us to do two things on one side really allowed us to build capabilities that are quite unique in the company so the ability to support something like Esports World Cup... there are not many companies I...”
“I don't think it's about a monopoly you have many different companies in Esports nowadays but you have one company that was lucky or good enough to get an investment from PIF and Savvy of a size and on a time frame that allowed to build that infrastructure and that is quite unique.”
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LAB 3 "HOW IS PIF RESHAPING GLOBAL SPORTS?" took place at the King Abdulaziz International Conference Center in Riyadh ...
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