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TK Nguyen

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Name
TK Nguyen
Title
CEO, GAM Entertainment
In Vietnam
Since 2014
Leads
GAM Entertainment, since April 2021
Hosts
GĀM Changers video podcast
Recognition
MensFOLIO Businessman of the Year (Esports) 2025 · 2x TEDx speaker

In the press

Featured coverage

Team Vietnam celebrating a League of Legends gold on stage, from VTV’s Eyes on V segment

VTV Vietnam Today · 13 Jun 2026 · English · TV & video

Eyes on V: Esports: The Meta Shift

“Talent gets you in the door. Your discipline and work ethic keep you there, but your mindset is what’s going to make you a champion.”

Read on VTV Vietnam Today
TK Nguyen seated by a studio microphone, photographed for Tatler Asia

Tatler Asia · 29 Jan 2026 · Vietnamese · Article

CEO GAM Esports - TK Nguyễn: Người đón gió lớn

GAM Esports CEO TK Nguyen: the man who caught the big wind

“Điều tôi hướng đến… là cả một di sản cho thế hệ mai sau.”

“What I’m building toward is a legacy for future generations.” (our translation)

Read on Tatler Asia
TK Nguyen at the GAM office, hands crossed in the GAM sign, in front of a GAM jersey and trophies

Việt Nam News · 6 May 2026 · English · Article

It’s always ‘GAM Time’: TK Nguyễn on building Việt Nam’s esports future

“Pioneers don’t get maps, we make them.”

Read on Việt Nam News

Coverage

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On the record

Approved quotes

TK’s words as published. Quote them as written and credit the source.

“We’re always the underdog and we like it that way. If you want to underestimate us, you might be surprised.”

TK Nguyen · Sheep Esports, 2024

“Our world-champion formula is mindset times health, plus skills.”

TK Nguyen · Việt Nam News, 2026

“I’m betting on Việt Nam, and Việt Nam is always worth the bet.”

TK Nguyen · Việt Nam News, 2026

“I feel like we have the opportunity to unite and inspire the young generation. It’s a privilege for us to be able to do that.”

TK Nguyen · Esports News UK, 2024

“Đó chính là điều Việt Nam mang lại, không chỉ là cái tài mà còn là cái ‘chất’.”

“That is what Vietnam brings: not just talent, but character.”

TK Nguyen · Men’s Folio Vietnam, 2025

“The trophy isn’t the legacy. The next generation is.”

TK Nguyen · Việt Nam News, 2026

For journalists

Story angles

  1. Esports as Vietnam’s digital export

    How a country known for raw talent and huge viewership turns players, stories and fandom into something the world buys.

  2. A Viet Kieu who came home to build

    Born in San Diego, TK landed in Vietnam on 7 June 2014 on a one-way ticket, and has built here ever since.

  3. VCT 2027 Pacific partner team

    GAM was picked as a 2027 VALORANT Champions Tour partner team, playing VCT Pacific for Vietnam.

  4. Player welfare and performance

    GAM’s formula is mindset, health and skill: personal trainers, nutrition and routines for players aged 18 to 25.

  5. From Hollywood nightlife to esports CEO

    Fifteen years in Southern California nightlife, a rooftop beach club in Nha Trang, then a pandemic pivot into esports.

  6. Something else?

    Pitch your angle and TK’s team will tell you if he’s the right voice.

    Email Jodi

Bios

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Short bio

TK Nguyen is CEO of GAM Entertainment, Vietnam’s leading esports organization, and host of the GĀM Changers video podcast. Born in San Diego, he has built in Vietnam since 2014, from Skylight Nha Trang to GAM Esports, Vietnam’s only Club Partner at the Esports World Cup 2026. He is a 2x TEDx speaker.

Long bio

TK Nguyen is a Vietnamese-American entrepreneur, CEO of GAM Entertainment and host of GĀM Changers, a weekly video podcast about the people behind Vietnamese esports.

Born in San Diego, TK spent 15 years in nightlife and hospitality across Southern California, including as a Hennessy ambassador in Hollywood. He has built in Vietnam since 2014, when he co-founded Skylight Nha Trang, the country’s first rooftop beach club.

In April 2021 he and his partners took over GAM Esports. GAM is now Vietnam’s most decorated esports club, with 11 VCS titles, SEA Games 31 gold for Team Vietnam, and the country’s only Club Partner place at the Esports World Cup 2026.

TK is a 2x TEDx speaker, the MensFOLIO Businessman of the Year (Esports) 2025, and sits on the board of EO Vietnam. His mission: bring the best of Vietnam to the world, and the best of the world back to Vietnam.

Video

TK on camera

TK Nguyen hype reel
Team Vietnam celebrating a League of Legends gold on stage, from VTV’s Eyes on V segment

VTV Vietnam Today · 13 Jun 2026 · English · TV & video

Watch the VTV segment: Esports: The Meta Shift

Watch on VTV

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GAM and GĀM Changers logosZIP · PNG · GAM crest in white, black, goldDownload
TK Nguyen, studio portrait in black and white with a yellow light
Studio portraitDownload
TK Nguyen smiling, black and white portrait
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TK Nguyen seated, in a GAM jacket
Seated, colourDownload Photo: Khoa Nguyen

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