Forbes announced the 2019 version of their annual 30 Under 30 in Asia. Lee “Faker” Sang-hyeok’s name was featured under the Entertainment & Sports category and the Celebrities category at the same time. Faker is the first Korean League of Legends player to be selected in Forbes’ 30 Under 30 list.

Other professional League of Legends players that had been listed on Forbes 30 Under 30 list in the past are Søren “Bjergsen” Bjerg, Yiliang “Doublelift” Peng, Martin “Rekkles” Larsson, and Rasmus “Caps” Winther.

Faker recently finished the regular season of 2019 LCK Spring Split in 2nd place with his team, SK Telecom T1. They earned a bye to the semifinals which will be held on the 7th (KST).