A 16-year-old Pakistani, Sumail Hassan all set to become a millionaire as he started playing Defense of the Ancient 2 (Dota 2) as a seven-year-old. Now at 16, he could call him a millionaire as soon as mid-August.
He had moved to the United States only a year ago from Karachi, the child prodigy has already made waves in the in-house gaming league in North America.
It is there where he was picked up by one of the biggest e-sports team, the Evil Geniuses, and he made history for Pakistan when he helped his team claim the Dota 2 Asian championship in China in February this year.
The prize for the winning team was $1.2 million and his team will compete next week for more than $6 million.
His team, Evil Geniuses, pays for Sumail to fly around the world for training and tournaments.
Sumail now eyes the International Dota 2 world championships in August at Seattle’s KeyArena, where he and his team will be competing for a grand prize of more than $6 million.
