It can be said that 2024 was a busy year for Inès Benazzouz aka Inoxtag. Between his successful ascent of Everest, his documentary Kaizenhis first manga… But there are also less funny episodes like the two burglaries or very recently the attempted attack on his parents in the old family home. But the YouTube star can rejoice in having obtained a nice reward a few weeks before the end of the year.
2024, a year full of emotions for Inoxtag
If there is a year that will remain marked in the mind of Inoxtag it is 2024. It must be said that the 22-year-old young man managed to realize his dream and the challenge he set for himself: to climb the summit of Everest. An extraordinary experience that Inoxtag immortalized in a documentary entitled Kaizen: one year to climb Everest. The production has also achieved great success in the cinema but also on YouTube. Real name Inès Benazzouz has put her production online for free on her channel which blew up the platform’s counters to the point that the streamer had the honor of receiving congratulations from the site boss. And it didn't stop there because faced with the box of Kaizen, Inoxtag had the opportunity to see his documentary broadcast on TF1.
If everything smiles on him, he still had to experienced two burglaries in the space of six months and at the start of the week, individuals wanted to attack their loved ones by attempting an attack and kidnapping at home. The thugs attacked the wrong people because the couple who were attacked are the new owners of the former house of Inoxtag's parents. The YouTuber and his loved ones were taken to safety after this episode.
Inoxtag rewarded for its influence in 2024
Despite everything, Inoxtag can be happy because this Wednesday, November 20, he was awarded a great reward: Man of the Year 2024 by the magazine GQ. This 13th edition pays tribute to men who have distinguished themselves in different fields and who are a source of inspiration for others.
To present him with this prize, it was Mathis Dumas, his guide during the ascent of Everest, who made a speech declaring having enjoyed this human adventure in the mountains with Inoxtag. He didn't hide his admiration for the influence the YouTube star has had on his community :
With the sincere, honest, pure and authentic message that you transmit, you give strength. You make young and old people dream, you contaminate everyone with your strength.
When receiving the prize, Inoxtag recalled that its project was “to explore, to meet people, to discover, to learn“. And thank his team who allowed him to grow.
Inoxtag is elected man of the year by GQ pic.twitter.com/193NORnPqP
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As a reminder, Inoxtag has just released its first manga entitled Instinctbut its title posed a small problem for this Internet user.
