The esports millionaires club is an exclusive bunch. Very few players have crossed the threshold. In fact a total of 68 players have made the club to date. One game has contributed 89% of millionaire club entrants. Or maybe you can attribute this to one event.
Valve’s The International has created 61 millionaires in esports. We say ‘Valve’, but in reality the community created them, Valve just enabled it to happen. Now, we say “richest” players, but this is based entirely on prize earnings – we do not take into account salary, endorsements, or any other form of supplementary income.