Knabe

Knabe

Maximilian "HandOfBlood" Knabe was born on August 1, 1992 in Salzgitter, grew up in Braunschweig, attended a Waldorf school and financed his living expenses during his later abandoned studies in business informatics with night and weekend shifts at McDonald's, before building his YouTube channel HandOfBlood, named after a Bullet for My Valentine song, into one of the most successful and characterful German gaming platforms, known for its elaborately produced let's plays, cinematic effects and uncompromising commitment to quality.

A defining turning point in his career came in 2016, when Knabe consciously decided against the typical YouTube mass production approach and consistently chose quality over quantity, catapulting him to the top of the German entertainment industry and leading in 2018 to the founding of the influencer marketing agency INSTINCT3, which today employs over 50 staff and unites numerous well-known web video producers under one roof.

Since early 2024, Eintracht Spandau has been one of the twelve teams in the newly founded indoor football league Baller League, with Knabe managing the team in his role as Präsident Knabe alongside former footballer Hans Sarpei, and with his beverage brands Knabe Malz and Knabe Kola developed in collaboration with the Krombacher Group, he has proven that his entrepreneurial vision extends far beyond the gaming screen, making him one of the most versatile and influential figures in the German creator and entertainment world.