The Answers With... Carlos Alimurung
Robb Report Singapore|July 2021
The CEO of One Esports on the appeal of esports, Singapore’s advantages as its hub and the impactful twist in the 1986 game Metroid.
Ho Yun Kuan
The Answers With... Carlos Alimurung

It’s reasonable to assume that as CEO of One Esports, Carlos Alimurung has been in his chosen field of work for a long time. But he hasn’t. In fact, his industry is one without true veterans. That’s because esports as a profession wasn’t even a thing until about 10 years ago.

“When I graduated, there was no concept of esports as a profession,” Alimurung recalls. “I think it only started becoming a credible job around the time that I joined, which was between 2015 and 2016.” According to him, that was when esports teams began to realise the advantages of recruiting business talent and professionalising their management. Now a billion-dollar industry, its exponential growth is expected to continue for the foreseeable future.

Although he may not be a veteran CEO, Alimurung is definitely a veteran gamer. “I have always played games,” he reveals. “My first video game console was – and this is really going to date me – the ColecoVision. (Editor’s note: ColecoVision was launched in North America in 1982.) I grew up gaming and it has always been a part of my life.”

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