Marques Brownlee

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YouTuber Marques Brownlee's in-depth reviews of coveted high-tech gadgets have made him a one-man Consumer Reports for a new generation. The 31-year-old New Jersey native, known professionally as MKBHD (short for his initials and "high-definition"), has a knack for untangling complex tech concepts for a broad audience. Whether the professional ultimate frisbee player turned creator is breaking down the problem with ultra-thin smartphones or sharing his first impressions of the Nintendo Switch 2 released in June, his 20 million YouTube subscribers trust him to do their due diligence for them. And he does it in style, too: Brownlee's videos—which he began posting back in 2009 as a high-schooler—are as entertaining as they are informative. (Five years into Brownlee's creator career, Vic Gundotra, then a senior vice president at Google, had anointed him "the best technology reviewer on the planet right now.")

Today, Brownlee, who also hosts the tech podcast Waveform , runs one of the most-subscribed gadget-focused channels on YouTube. But he's no longer just reviewing products—he's also designing them. As chief creative partner at Ridge, a wallet and accessories company, he recently launched a line of tech gadgets and accessories.

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