Razer co-founder and gaming mouse pioneer Robert Krakoff has died
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Robert Razerguy" Krakoff | Image: Razer Robert Razerguy" Krakoff, the co-founder and former president of gaming hardware company Razer, died last week at the age of 81. Maybe you've never heard Krakoff's name, but it's possible you've been impacted by his far-reaching legacy.
In 1999, Krakoff was behind the first-ever gaming mouse: the Razer Boomslang. Not only was it the foundation of Razer's now-massive lineup of gaming mice, it arguably jumpstarted the entire gaming peripheral industry. Below, you can see Krakoff himself in an ad promoting the Razer Boomslang mouse in 2002 - alongside professional gamer Johnathan Fatal1ty" Wendel, who signed a historic sponsorship deal with Razer long before the word esports" entered the lexicon.
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