Tim Sweeney: 11 facts you didn’t know about the CEO of Epic Games

Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk might both be in contention for the crown of the richest person on the planet, but they are not the most influential person in tech. That crown will go to Tim Sweeney, the chief executive of Epic Games, maker of the wildly popular game Fortnite.

What makes Sweeney so important?

Well, Sweeney has dragged Apple, a $2 trillion company, to court over Cupertino’s decision to remove Fortnite from the App Store. Experts call this legal battle, which kicked off Monday in a federal courthouse in Oakland, California, as the biggest anti-trust trial in the history of tech. If Epic wins, Apple might have to change the rules and guidelines of the App Store, which could shake its business model.