With 4.1 billion views and 33 million subscribers to channel , 25-year-old Felix Kjellberg was the YouTube of 2014.
Despite being an extremely popular figure, the video blogger has chosen a quiet life by the sea, where he lives with his Italian girlfriend who he met online.
She met 22-year-old Marzia Bisognin online in the summer of 2011 after friends told her to check out “the idiot who plays games.”
But she began to really like the "idiot" who eventually took a plane to Italy to meet her, and their romance continues to this day.
“If there’s one thing I learned at this point, it’s that if there’s something you want, grab it or leave it. So I went to Italy.
I didn't tell anyone I was going. I left the house and left a note for my parents saying I couldn't take care of the dog.
Our agreement about me staying home was that if I didn't have work, I would have to take the dog for a walk, something I handled terribly.
"It was the craziest thing I've ever done. She was waiting for me with a friend at the arrivals gate. Even more beautiful than the videos she was sending me.".
The 22-year-old moved to Sweden and in July 2013 decided to settle in Brighton with the 25-year-old. That year, the 25-year-old made over £2.6 million entirely from advertising.
The future, of course, could have been very different for someone who studied Industrial Engineering at Chalmers University of Technology.
“I noticed that I had nothing in common with the other people in the program. Everyone wanted a career in business, which I personally wasn't interested in, so I dropped out.
Telling my parents that I gave up my dream studies to stay home and record videos of myself playing video games wasn't easy.
I was told that sitting at home and playing games would get me nowhere in life. Now that I think about it, it was completely absurd.
His videos caught the attention of Marker Studios, which manages approximately 55,000 channels on YouTube.
For the millions of users who follow him, not only is he a famous young man but also another friend of theirs.
“What differentiates me from other YouTubers is that I have created a closer connection with the users who follow me, breaking the wall between us.”.
If PewDieDie is the king of YouTube, then his girlfriend, nicknamed CutiePieMarzia, is the queen with 5 million users following her.
The 25-year-old's ambition is to create his own game in the future. "I can't make videos on a daily basis. I do everything myself.
"I won't last much longer than 2 years. I'm putting so much energy into this that I'm really burned out.".
Source: newsit.gr
