Gaby Spartz


Gaby Spartz is an Ecuadorian Twitch streamer and YouTube gamer. She is also the founder of the market research company Dose.

Career

In 2009, Spartz launched Spartz Media, a company that crowdsourced content from its users, across dozens of websites. GivesMeHope, one of the web properties, asked readers to share their answer to the question “What gives you hope?” in short anonymous stories. The website was created as a response to FMyLife, and went on to become a published book.
In 2015, the company changed its name to Dose, launched Dose.com and raised $25 million in venture financing.
Spartz started streaming on Twitch in 2015, while working at Dose. She became a Twitch partner in April 2015, and that summer, she left Dose to focus on full-time streaming and doing commentary at high-level events. As a contractor for Wizards of the Coast, she writes articles for their website, DailyMTG.com. She’s been involved in tournament reporting, the worldwide release of and special game modes in Arena, such as “Gaby’s Greedy Draft”.

Recognition

Spartz was named to INC’s 30 under 30 class of 2013. She’s on Built in Chicago’s list of female founders who have raised over $1M. Spartz was named one of the “Best Female Streamers To Watch” by Tech Junkie, one of the “Best Streamers to Improve your Gameplay” by Gamerant, and a Twitch Ambassador for Twitchcon 2019.

Personal life

Spartz was born and raised in Quito, Ecuador. She is the younger of two sisters. She went to school at the University of Notre Dame. She now lives in Denver, Colorado.
Spartz married Emerson Spartz, her college boyfriend, in 2011. They divorced in 2017.