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, signature = , signature_size = , signature_alt = , footnotes = Greg Selkoe is an American entrepreneur and founder of

. He previously founded the streetwear

e-commerce E-commerce (electronic commerce) is the activity of electronically buying or selling of products on online services or over the Internet. E-commerce draws on technologies such as mobile commerce, electronic funds transfer, supply chain managem ...

company

Karmaloop Karmaloop is a streetwear e-commerce company. It was founded in 2000 by Greg Selkoe and purchased by Shiekh Shoes in 2016. History Karmaloop was founded in 2000 by Greg Selkoe in his parents' basement in Jamaica Plain, a neighborhood of Boston, ...

and served as the president of

FaZe Clan FaZe Clan (formerly FaZe Sniping) is a professional esports and entertainment organization headquartered in Los Angeles, California, USA. Founded on May 30, 2010, the organization has players from around the world, across multiple games, i ...

Early life and education

Selkoe is the son of Dennis J. Selkoe and Polly Selko and grew up in

Jamaica Plain Jamaica Plain is a neighborhood of in the City of Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Settled by Puritans seeking farmland to the south, it was originally part of the former Town of Roxbury, now also a part of the City of Boston. The commun ...

. He was expelled from

The Park School The Park School is an independent day school in Brookline, Massachusetts, for boys and girls in Pre-Kindergarten through eighth grade. Founded in 1888 as Miss Pierce's School, it is a 34-acre campus in Brookline, Massachusetts near Jamaica Pond. ...

and attended other public and private schools before graduation from a boarding school. He went to attend Rollins College in Florida where he earned a

Bachelor of Arts Bachelor of arts (BA or AB; from the Latin ', ', or ') is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate program in the arts, or, in some cases, other disciplines. A Bachelor of Arts degree course is generally completed in three or four year ...

before returning to Boston in 1996. He also earned a

master's degree A master's degree (from Latin ) is an academic degree awarded by universities or colleges upon completion of a course of study demonstrating mastery or a high-order overview of a specific field of study or area of professional practice.

Public Policy Public policy is an institutionalized proposal or a decided set of elements like laws, regulations, guidelines, and actions to solve or address relevant and real-world problems, guided by a conception and often implemented by programs. Public p ...

from

Career

Selkoe launched

in 2000 while still working as an urban planner with the

Boston Redevelopment Authority The Boston Planning & Development Agency (BPDA), formerly the Boston Redevelopment Authority (BRA), is a Massachusetts public agency that serves as the municipal planning and development agency for Boston, working on both housing and commercial de ...

. It began as a streetwear

company and grew into brick and mortar store opened in Boston in 2005. The company was sold to Shiekh Shoes in 2016. In 2017, Selkoe launched Wanderset.com, a men's fashion brand website. The same year, he became the president of

in 2017, working for the company until he left in 2020. He cited his reason for leaving as the male-centric culture of gaming which did not reflect racial and gender diversity. He went on to found

where he works as the company's CEO.

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