Gareb Shamus is a serial entrepreneur and media founder who created Wizard Entertainment and helped establish the modern comic convention industry. Gareb Shamus's Twitter Score is 36 out of 1000 as of October 2026, ranking #27,013 (top 10%) among 493,668 tracked accounts.
Gareb Shamus founded Wizard Entertainment, which became defunct after selling its convention-events business to Fan Expo in 2021. He also co-founded HeroMaker Studios, a Web3 and NFT entertainment project that raised a $4 million seed round in December 2021 from investors including Red Beard Ventures, 6th Man Ventures, and Hannah Grey VC. The studio launched its Kumite NFT collection in June 2022 at a public mint price of 0.08 ETH.
Gareb Shamus has also co-founded ArtPics Cards, ACE Universe, and the International Fight League, and founded StarPics. He previously worked at KuuHubb Inc. as CEO, a role he held briefly in 2023. A New York civil lawsuit alleged that Shamus formed HeroMaker Studios to compete with and divert opportunities from prior business interests, and a court granted a preliminary injunction limiting his activity to winding down the companies involved. Gareb Shamus's account has 6,390 followers as of October 2026 and 1,799 posts, and has been mentioned by 37 accounts a total of 60 times.
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