Gaules Net Worth

Early Life

Gaules was born Alexandre Borba Chiqueta on December 2, 1983, in São Paulo, Brazil. When he was 14 years old, he began frequenting the Monkey Tatuapé gaming center, where he became interested in “Counter-Strike.” Every day he asked to join the “Counter-Strike” team, and he has said of his reasons for asking to join, “I couldn’t afford to pay [for the hours], and the players’ sponsorship was to play for free while there were no clients. Also, because I wanted to be on the best team in the LAN gaming center I frequented.”

Career

Monkey Tatuapé eventually let Gaule lead a junior team, and in 2001, he traveled to Rio de Janeiro with the main team and got the opportunity to compete in the Cyberathlete Professional League when another player wasn’t playing well. After that, Gaules “never left the team again.” In July 2001, he co-founded g3nerationX (g3x) with Rodrigo “crash” Rodrigues, Igor “VIP” Melro, Feijaum, and Mee, and they won the first championship they competed in. After the win, Feijaum and Mee left g3x and were replaced by Raphael “cogu” Camargo, Rafael “BlooD” Frid, and Carlos Henrique “Kiko” Segal. The team subsequently competed in the Brazilian leg of the international esports competition the World Cyber Games, finishing in first place. They made it to the world final, and finished in 7–8th place. According to Gaules, g3x didn’t lose any matches between late 2001 and 2003. From 2004 to 2006, g3x won the 2004 LatinCup, the 2005 World Cyber Games Brazil, and the CPL World Season 2006: Brazil. In 2007, the team joined Made in Brazil’s (MIBR) “Counter-Strike” roster, and Gaules began managing and coaching the team. His MIBR team won DreamHack Winter 2007. In 2008, Gaules landed an internship with Samsung and decided to leave esports for a formal job. He became the “first employee to be hired without a degree” at Samsung, and the company gave him an award for being someone who “made a difference in the company.” He went to the World Cyber Games 2010 with Samsung, and after seeing that Brazil “was still too far behind the other countries,” he decided to return to esports. Gaules founded a production company with the intention of making videos for Brazilian teams and brands, and in 2011, he launched the Brazilian Game Team (SBG). He later created the X5 Mega Arena, X5 Agency, and Brazil Gaming League. In 2017, he was diagnosed with severe depression, and he went broke after he “invested in things that didn’t work out.” Gaules attempted suicide in late 2017, and he said of that time in his life, “I stopped and thought that even that [the suicide] I couldn’t do, so it meant that there was something very big coming. That’s when I decided to transform that situation. I had no partner, no girlfriend, no job, no money in the bank, and no place to live. That’s when I discovered that I had built a story that was priceless.” His former g3x teammates helped him get back on his feet, and in 2018, he started streaming on Twitch. Gaules has credited his fans (aka “the tribe”) with helping him cope with his depression. In 2020, Gaules entered into a partnership with Omelete Company, competed in the Twitch Rivals tournament, and launched an initiative to promote Black streamers who were part of Wakanda Streamers. In 2021, Gaules became the first person to officially broadcast NBA games on Twitch, and the following year he began hosting the podcast “Fenômenos” (“Phenomenons”). In March 2022, he signed a sponsorship deal with Red Bull and joined the company’s team of players and athletes. In 2022, he also became the head of gaming at the Brazilian e-commerce company KaBuM! and was named a brand ambassador for the antacid brand Eno as part of the “No Heartburn Will Stop the Tribe” campaign.

Personal Life

Awards and Nominations

Gaules has been nominated for six Esports Brazil Awards, winning for Personality of the Year in 2020 and Best Streamer of the Year in 2020 and 2021. He also earned nominations for Personality of the Year in 2019 and 2021 and Best Streamer of the Year in 2019. In 2020, Gaules won an award for Greater Social Participation at the Twitch Participation Ceremony, and he received an Esports Award nomination for Streamer of the Year and an MTV Millennial Award Brazil nomination for Brazilian Streamer. At the 2021 Golden Cube Awards, he was named Geek Personality of the Year and nominated for Streamer Geek of the Year. That year Gaules also earned a Game Award nomination for Content Creator of the Year.