Jordan Maron

At 32 years old, Jordan Maron has this physical status:

Jordan Maron (born February 10, 1992), better known by his online name CaptainSparklez, is an American YouTube personality, gamer-commentator, and electronic musician.

Maron is best known for his playing Minecraft, which is also known on his main channel, CaptainSparklez, and Channel CaptainSparklez 2.

With over ten million viewers as of July 25, 2019,Born in Los Angeles, California, Maron dropped out of the University of California, Santa Barbara, and pursued a full-time career on YouTube.

"ProsDONTtalkSHIT," Maron's first channel, showcased a video game called Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2.

On July 2010, Maron introduced both Minecraft and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 games before focusing more on Minecraft.

Maron has released numerous Minecraft-themed songs and music videos, the most notable of which was "Rememberence," a parody of "DJ Got Us Falling in Love" by Usher, which includes vocals from himself and TryHardNinja.

His "Fallen Kingdom" collection is among the other notable Minecraft music videos.

Maron also posted videos of several other games, including Fortnite and Trials Fusion, which are also available on his secondary channel and the Jordan Games channel.

Maron is an electronic music enthusiast, and he's used Monstercat tracks on his game videos.

He has experimented with music production himself.

Maron created "Maron Music," a music promotion channel in which he would showcase other artists' music as well as his own original recordings; "Moonbeam" was the first of his tracks to be shared on Reddit in early 2017.

Minecraft-related posts saw a temporary decrease.

Maron later ruled that they were not what his core audience was watching.

He continued to produce "Jordan Reacts," where he continued to post Reddit reaction videos and refocused on making Minecraft videos for his main channel.

Early life

Maron was born in Los Angeles, California. He and his mother moved to Santa Barbara when they were four years old. He attended Santa Barbara High School, beginning in ninth grade. Maron went to the University of California, Santa Barbara, as a chemical engineering major. Based on his passion for video games, he changed his major to computer science midway through his freshman year. He dropped out in the first quarter of his sophomore year. In December 2011, he made YouTube his full time work.

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Career

Maron has eleven YouTube channels in total. Four of his channels are now online. He founded ProsDONTtalkSHIT (PDTS), a YouTube channel that primarily posted game videos of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. Maron wanted a less vulgar name as PDTS became more popular. On July 20, 2010, he founded CaptainSparklez, which also left PDTS inactive. The CaptainSparklez channel received over 1 million viewers on YouTube, just two years after it appeared in April 2012. CaptainSparklez reached 1 billion video views in September 2013, the fifth solo YouTube gaming channel to reach this milestone after PewDiePie, SkyDoesMinecraft, UberHaxorNova, and TobyGames.

He created CaptainSparklez 2, an unedited Twitch live streams and videos, as well as other material that did not belong on his main channel on May 15, 2015. Maron Music, a music promotion channel, was founded on March 27, 2016, where he will broadcast other artists' music as well as his own original music. Maron introduced a personal vlog channel on February 9, 2017. "Fortnite Cinema," a channel that broadcast short films made in the game Fortnite Battle Royale, was developed by Maron later.

Maron began posting videos relating his reactions to top Reddit posts to his main channel in early 2017. These reaction videos gained traction, but Maron decided that they were not what his core audience loved at the time. As a result, Maron created Jordan Reacts, a new channel that remained to post Reddit reaction videos and refocused on making Minecraft videos for his main channel. Jordan Games, Maron's next channel, where he uploads games that would be insignificant on his main channel. Jordan Lifts, starring him lifting weights in his home gym, and SparkleShorts, a collection of clips from various CaptainSparklez YouTube and Twitch channels, are two of his latest channels.

In the Forbes 30 Under 30 list for 2016, Maron was included. He appeared in the sixth episode of Minecraft: Story Mode in June 2016.

Howard Marks, co-founder and former CEO of Activision and co-founder of Acclaim Games and StartEngine, joined Maron in a mobile gaming business named XREAL. In May 2015, XREAL announced Fortress Fury, a video game that received over 1.5 million downloads in the first month of launch. Fortress Fury was originally titled Fortress Fallout; however, Bethesda Softworks' parent company, ZeniMax Media, requested that XREAL "immediately and expressly drop the application for Fortress Fallout" and discontinue any and all current or proposed use of any mark containing the word Fallout." The letter was sent to discourage people from participating in their game Fallout Shelter, which is a smartphone game platform. Maron and the XREAL's legal team were unaware of this, because Bethesda kept Shelter a mystery at the time and did not reveal its existence until its publication on June 14, 2015.

Maron is an electronic music enthusiast who has used tracks from Monstercat on gameplay videos. He has experimented with music production himself. Maron Music, a music promotion website, launched on March 27, 2016. He'll show other artists' music as well as his own original music on March 27, 2016. "Moonbeam" was the first of his tracks to be posted on the channel.

Maron's official clothing brand, Quality Content Athletics, was announced in January 2020. It has offered a variety of workout and lifestyle clothing throughout the year. He rebranded QC Athletics to Quality Content in July 2021.

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Awards

• Nominated in 2016 Shorty Awards