Roberts, a 2013 graduate of the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School, initially thought that he would pursue a well-trod career in finance. But the Great Recession made him rethink this ambition. Instead of looking to Goldman Sachs and New York, Roberts said, he looked westward to Silicon Valley, tech, gaming, and entrepreneurship. He had a college internship with video-game maker Activision Blizzard, which owns the Overwatch League, and a post-college job for three years with Electronic Arts, also a game developer in California. He recently had experience working with Comcast's venture arm in the San Francisco area, where he lives.