Early Life

PewDiePie was born and raised in Gothenburg, Sweden.^[6] He was born to Lotta Kristine Johanna (born 7 May 1958) and Ulf Christian Kjellberg (born 8 January 1957), and grew up with his sister, Fanny, as well.^[7] His mother Johanna, a former KappAhl CIO, was named the 2010 CIO of the Year in Sweden.^[7] His father, Ulf, is also a Chief Executive of a company.^[8] In 2008, he graduated from Göteborgs Högre Samskola.^[9] He then went on to pursue a degree in Industrial Economics and Technology Management atChalmers University of Technology, but left the university in 2011 to focus on his YouTube career.^[10][11] On this decision, PewDiePie has stated, "Thinking about it now, it was utterly absurd. To get into Chalmers for industrial economics you need straight A's, but somehow I was happier selling hot dogs and making my own gaming-videos."^[8]