KSI BACKGROUND AND YOUTUBE JOURNEY

Born olajide Olayinka Williams "JJ" Olatunji in London, England o Nigerian parents, he opened his current youtube channel in 2009 at the age of 16.

Using the username KSIOlajideBT from which his nickname ksi is derived he started posting FIFA gaming video commentary and gained a following. Due to his successful monthly uploads, he chose to drop out of school'

Within 3 years he hit 3 million subscribers, making 25 most subscribed YT channels at that time. However, he landed himself in controversies many times hence only increasing is popularity.

KSI after defeating a fellow YouTuber joe better in 2018 called out logan paul for a fight which ended in a draw in the manchester arena, it is considered the largest amateur boxing fight as it earned $3.5 million from ticket sales and earned over 2.25 live viewers.

On November 9, 2019, KSI and Paul had a rematch but this time they became a professional boxers. Even though KSI won by split decision, he said he's done boxing and he's onto bigger things.

 LOGAN PAUL BACKGROUND & YT JOURNEY

Born on April 1 195  in Ohio paul performed well as a linebacker on his high school football team and qualified for the state-level 2013 division wrestling championships.

Paul decided to go to Ohio University but dropped out in 2104 due to his massive 3.1 million following on the app called vine.

His success translated to other social media platforms and he decided to pursue an acting career. Through 2015 and 2017 paul appeared in law and order and many youtube red series as well as on Disney show.

In 2017 logan paul became the fastest channel to reach 10 million subscribers doing so in 335 days and hence now have around 20.1 million subs.

DOES KSI OR LOGAN PAUL HAVE THE HIGHR NET WORTH IN 2019?

While both YouTubers are regarded as some of the wealthiest from a popular site, KSI has an estimated net worth of $8 million while paul is sitting on a hefty net worth of around $20 million.