Caspar Lee

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Caspar Lee
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Personal information
Born
Caspar Richard George Lee

(1994-04-24) 24 April 1994 (age 29)
London, England
Origin Knysna, South Africa
Nationality
  • British
  • South African
Occupation(s) YouTuber, entrepreneur
YouTube information
Channel
Years active2012–present
Genres
Subscribers6.83 million [1]
Total views781 million [1]
Associated acts
YouTube Silver Play Button 2.svg100,000 subscribers2012
YouTube Gold Play Button 2.svg1,000,000 subscribers2013
Last updated: 1 September 2021

Caspar Richard George Lee (born 24 April 1994) is a British-South African YouTuber [2] and investor. [3] [4] He was featured in Forbes 30 Under 30 in 2020 for his work in media and advertising. [5]

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Career

Lee started his YouTube channel 'dicasp' in 2011, and later renamed it 'Caspar'. Lee was part of the 'YouTube Boyband' that raised money in 2014 for Comic Relief. [6] [7] [8] He was named by Yahoo! News as one of "12 Web-savvy entrepreneurs to watch" in December 2013. [9] He collaborated with Lisa Kudrow in two episodes of Web Therapy [10] [11] (2014).

Lee played Garlic in the 2014 comedy movie, Spud 3: Learning to Fly , with John Cleese and Troye Sivan. [12] Lee and Joe Sugg appeared in a 2015 travel documentary, Joe and Caspar Hit the Road , and its sequel Joe and Caspar Hit The Road: USA, produced for BBC Worldwide. [13] Also in 2016, Lee starred in Laid in America alongside YouTube comedian KSI (Olajide Olatunji). [14] Lee appeared in the music video for Charli XCX's 2017 single, "Boys".

In August 2017, Lee was named "Chief Vision Officer" of Influencer Ltd, a British influencer marketing agency. [15] [5] Caspar Lee, a biography written by Lee and his mother, Emily, was published in hardcover in May 2016. [16] Lee also co-founded [17] Margravine Management with Joe Sugg.

In May 2020, Lee co-founded Proper Living, [18] a South African student accommodation company.

In 2022, Lee launched Creator Ventures [3] with former private equity investor cousin Sasha Kaletsky. Their venture capital fund raised $20m to finance early-stage, consumer-internet startups.

Personal life

Born in London, Lee is the son of TV commercial producers Emily Lee (née Murphy, b. 1956) and Jonathan Lee (b. 1955). Lee's older sister, Theodora Lee (b. 1991), is an author and advertisement creator. The family emigrated to South Africa in 1996. Lee was raised in Knysna and Durban, where he attended Crawford College, La Lucia. [19] When Lee was younger he was diagnosed with Tourette's Syndrome. [20] In 2013, Lee moved from South Africa to live with YouTuber Alfie Deyes. In 2014, Lee moved into a London apartment with fellow YouTuber Joe Sugg. In 2016, he moved into an apartment with Josh Pieters, who is also a YouTuber. [19] Lee is engaged to Ambar Driscoll. [21]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2014 Spud 3: Learning to Fly Garlic
2015 The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water SeagullVoice role (UK version)
2015Joe & Caspar Hit the Road USAHimselfDocumentary
2016 Laid in America Jack
2019 Wonder Park CooperVoice role (UK version)

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2014 Web Therapy Himself (fictional)2 episodes
2015 Lorraine HimselfEpisode: 24 November 2015
2018 Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two HimselfEpisode: 13 December 2018
2019 Celebrity Mastermind HimselfContestant (Episode: 31 December 2019)

Web series

YearTitleRoleNotes
2014 Web Therapy Himself (fictional)2 episodes

Music videos

YearTitleArtist(s)RoleRef.
2016"Friends with Benefits" KSI feat. MDMNHimself [22]
2017"Boys" Charli XCX Himself [23]
2019"Real Name"KSI, Randolph, Talia Mar Wedding guest [24]

Awards

Lee won "Social Media Superstar" at the 2018 Global Awards. [25]

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