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Starting from his New Jersey bedroom at 16, Brownlee built MKBHD into a 19-million-subscriber tech media platform whose reviews carry enough weight to move company stock prices — compelling Apple, Google, and Tesla to actively court his coverage.
Marques Brownlee, known as MKBHD, is a tech YouTuber with over 19 million subscribers and co-founder of Retro, a photo-sharing app launched in 2023.
He began posting reviews from his New Jersey bedroom in 2008 and built a channel whose smartphone, EV, and headphone reviews are courted by Apple, Google, Samsung, and Tesla. He has interviewed Bill Gates, Elon Musk, and Sundar Pichai.
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