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Ryan Wyatt (born October 7, 1986) is an American gaming executive and former esports commentator under the name Fwiz. He is the former global head of gaming partnerships at Google and head of gaming at YouTube, where he also led their virtual and augmented reality business. Wyatt now serves as the CEO of Polygon Studios.
Wyatt was born in Canton, Ohio, and raised in the neighbouring town of Hudson, going on to attend Ohio State University. As a child, he was diagnosed with Crohn's disease and received treatment at the Cleveland Clinic Children's Hospital.
Wyatt began his commentary career working for Major League Gaming (MLG) in 2008, casting at events such as the 2009 Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare National Championship, as well as working as a referee and head of online tournaments for MLG's online eSports service GameBattles. In 2011, he joined Machinima as head of live and eSports, but returned to MLG in April 2014 to serve as vice president of programming. As part of the deal, Wyatt's personal live video and YouTube channels were aired exclusively on MLG's streaming service MLG.tv, as well as their YouTube channel. In October 2014, Wyatt left MLG again to become the global head of gaming partnerships at Google and head of gaming at YouTube.
In May 2016, Wyatt collaborated with OpTic Gaming members Hector "H3CZ" Rodriguez, Matthew "Nadeshot" Haag, Seth "Scump" Abner, Will "BigTymeR" Johnson, Ashley "Midnite" Glassel and Ryan "OpTic J" Musselman in co-authoring the book OpTic Gaming: The Making of eSports Champions, which details the players' individual Call of Duty eSports careers and their contributions to the team's success. The book became a New York Times best-seller, and film and television rights were acquired by producers John Sacchi and Matt Groesch.
