{{Short description|Spanish YouTuber (born 1984)}} {{Family name hatnote|lang=Spanish|Carrillo de Albornoz|Torres}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2022}} {{Infobox social media personality | name = Jordi Wild | image = Mi experiencia en DOGFIGHT WILD TOURNAMENT 2 (DWT 2)2.png | caption = Wild in 2024 | birth_name = Jorge Carrillo de Albornoz Torres | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1984|08|28|df=y}} | birth_place = Manresa, Catalonia, Spain | occupation = {{hlist|YouTuber|podcaster}} | education = University of Barcelona | partner = <!--Partner is for long-term/unmarried life partners. Not a list of girlfriends or fiancées.--> | website = {{URL|jordiwild.com}} | youtube_handle = ElRinconDeGiorgio | youtube_display_name = El Rincón de Giorgio | youtube_handle2 = TheWildProject | youtube_display_name2 = The Wild Project | youtube_handle3 = dwt_fighting | youtube_display_name3 = DWT - Dogfight Wild Tournament | youtube_years_active = 2013–present | youtube_genre = True crime, Let's Play, black humor, podcast | youtube_subscribers = {{plainlist| * 7.13 million <small>(The Wild Project)</small> * 453 thousand <small>(DWT - Dogfight Wild Tournament)</small> * 12.3 million <small>(El Rincón de Giorgio)</small> }}<!-- PLEASE DO NOT CHANGE WITHOUT UPDATING stats_update BELOW --> | youtube_views = {{plainlist| * 4.4 billion <small>(The Wild Project)</small> * 34 million <small>(DWT - Dogfight Wild Tournament)</small> * 1.8 billion <small>(El Rincón de Giorgio)</small> }}<!-- PLEASE DO NOT CHANGE WITHOUT UPDATING stats_update BELOW --> | stats_update = 9 November 2025{{nu|date=October 2025}} }} '''Jorge Carrillo de Albornoz Torres'''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Actos de BARCELONA del BORME núm. 66 de 2015 |url=https://www.boe.es/borme/dias/2015/04/09/pdfs/BORME-A-2015-66-08.pdf}}</ref> ({{IPA|es|ˈɟʝoɾði kaˈriʎo ðe alβoɾˈnoθ ˈtores|lang}}, {{IPA|ca|ˈʒɔɾði|lang}}; born 28 August 1984), better known as '''Jordi Wild''', is a Spanish YouTuber, podcaster and psychologist. His YouTube channel, El Rincón de Giorgio, was created in March 2013, and reached 7 million subscribers in 2017;<ref>{{cite news |title=Un 'quemado' Jordi Wild se toma un descanso y hará menos vídeos en YouTube |url=https://www.lavanguardia.com/muyfan/20170918/431389732876/jordi-wild-youtube-el-rincon-de-girogio-quemado.html |access-date=1 January 2022 |work=La Vanguardia |date=18 September 2017 |language=es}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Jordi Wild (El Rincón de Giorgio): "Nunca imaginé que YouTube se convertiría en mi profesión" |url=https://marketing4ecommerce.net/jordi-wild-el-rincon-de-giorgio-nunca-imagine-que-youtube-se-convertiria-en-mi-profesion/ |website=Marketing 4 Ecommerce - Tu revista de marketing online para e-commerce |access-date=1 January 2022 |language=es |date=2 November 2017}}</ref> he currently has more than 12 million subscribers.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Porras |first1=Dario |title=Sopapo del youtuber catalán más famoso a los catalanófobos: esto dice sobre la lengua |url=https://www.elnacional.cat/enblau/es/television/jordi-wild-youtuber-catalan-lengua-escuela-castellano_660314_102.html |website=El Nacional.cat |access-date=1 January 2022 |language=es |date=22 October 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Jordi Wild, con más de 10 millones de seguidores en redes sociales, ficha por Divimove |url=https://www.marketingdirecto.com/digital-general/social-media-marketing/jordi-wild-mas-10-millones-seguidores-redes-sociales-ficha-divimove |website=Marketing Directo |access-date=1 January 2022 |language=es |date=18 October 2017}}</ref>
He published three books entitled ''Sueños de Acero y Neón'' (Dreams of Steel and Neon), ''Jorgemyte, agente de la PEM'' (Jorgemyte, Agent of the Mexican Special Police), and ''Así es la puta vida'' (That's Fucking Life). Jordi Wild currently runs a series of podcasts known as ''The Wild Project'', for which he won the 2022 ESLAND award for the Best Talk Show. The podcast has also received multiple positive reviews.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.elmundo.es/papel/lideres/2022/04/25/6266e65cfdddff08b88b45b7.html|title=Jordi Wild, el 'Dios' de YouTube: "Si hubiera triunfado a los 20 habría sido el mayor gilipollas de España"|publisher=El Mundo|date=25 April 2022|access-date=8 May 2022|language=spanish}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Reviews of The Wild Project|url=https://chartable.com/podcasts/the-wild-project/reviews|website=Chartable|access-date=8 May 2022}}</ref>
== Biography == Jordi Carrillo de Albornoz Torres<ref>{{cite journal |title=Quién es Jordi Wild y por qué se ha hecho tan famoso |journal=Okdiario |date=11 January 2022 |url=https://okdiario.com/curiosidades/quien-jordi-wild-que-hecho-tan-famoso-8400900 |access-date=13 January 2022 |language=es}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Jordi Wild, la tendencia eterna: historia de Twitter y regreso triunfal a YouTube |url=https://www.flooxernow.com/fan/jordi-wild-memes-youtube-twitter-olvidona_2022011261decbfd940bfc00016cdcfa.html |website=Flooxer |access-date=13 January 2022 |language=es |date=12 January 2022}}</ref> was born on 28 August 1984<ref>{{cite web |last1=Urbaneja |first1=Neydi |title=Jordi Wild, el youtuber español amante del heavy metal y las películas de terror |url=https://www.laneta.com/jordi-wild-el-youtuber-espanol-amante-del-heavy-metal-y-las-peliculas-de-terror-22-01-49/token/scroll |website=La Neta |access-date=25 December 2021 |language=es |date=26 January 2020}}</ref> in Manresa, Catalonia, Spain.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Torra |first1=Aina Font |title=Entrevista a Jordi Wild, el manresà que arrasa a Youtube |url=https://www.naciodigital.cat/noticia/89258/entrevista-jordi-wild-manresa-arrasa-youtube |journal=Nació Digital |access-date=25 December 2021 |language=ca |date=15 June 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Los 5 youtubers catalanes con más suscriptores |url=https://initeconline.com/blog/los-5-youtubers-catalanes-con-mas-suscriptores/ |website=INITEC Marketing Digital |access-date=14 January 2022 |language=es-ES}}</ref> Jordi created his YouTube channel, El Rincón de Giorgio, in March 2013,<ref>{{cite journal |title=Jordi Wild |journal=Semana |url=https://www.semana.es/famosos/famoso/jordi-wild/ |access-date=25 December 2021 |language=es |archive-date=14 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220114012221/https://www.semana.es/famosos/famoso/jordi-wild/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> however, his oldest video dates back to August of that same year. During his career as a YouTuber he has collaborated with other YouTubers such as Luzuvlogs, Zorman and AuronPlay.<ref>{{cite web |title=Jordi Wild, su carrera como YouTuber y las claves de su éxito |url=https://www.flooxernow.com/fan/jordi-wild-carrera-como-youtuber-claves-exito_202110106162a767870bd500010f3290.html |website=Flooxer |access-date=1 January 2022 |language=es |date=10 October 2021}}</ref> In 2016, he published a short film entitled ''Wild: la pelicula'' (Wild: the movie),<ref>{{cite web |title=Wild: la película. Cortometraje español de acción con Jordi Wild |url=https://cortosdemetraje.com/wild-la-pelicula/ |website=Cortos de Metraje |access-date=25 December 2021 |language=es |date=16 October 2016}}</ref> and in 2017, he left YouTube during a while. Later he returned with a gangsta rap video clip known as "YouTube: Estado Crítico" (YouTube: Critical State), in collaboration with rapper Dante.<ref name="magnet.xataka.com">{{cite news |title=Jordi Wild, el youtuber de 33 años que vive una segunda adolescencia entre acusaciones de machismo |url=https://magnet.xataka.com/idolos-de-hoy-y-siempre/asi-es-jordi-wild-el-protagonista-de-la-ultima-polemica-machista-surgida-de-youtube |access-date=28 January 2022 |work=Magnet |date=12 December 2017 |language=es}}</ref>
In 2018, he made the script and participated in the casting of ''VENDETTA: La Película'' (VENDETTA: The Movie),<ref>{{cite web |title=VENDETTA: La Película. Cortometraje de acción de Jordi Wild |url=https://cortosdemetraje.com/vendetta-la-pelicula/ |website=Cortos de Metraje |access-date=13 September 2022 |language=es |date=28 April 2018}}</ref> and in October 2019 he participated in the cast of a short film called ''Ella llevaba una diadema azul'' (She was wearing a Blue Diadem).<ref>{{cite web |title=Ella llevaba una diadema azul. Cortometraje de misterio de Raúl Malagás |url=https://cortosdemetraje.com/ella-llevaba-una-diadema-azul/ |website=Cortos de Metraje |access-date=13 January 2022 |language=es |date=5 October 2019}}</ref> In 2020 he started an interview podcast series known as ''The Wild Project''. In an interview on the RockZone website, he stated that he was inspired by the Joe Rogan podcasts, and was flattered that they called him the "Spanish Joe Rogan".<ref>{{cite web |title=Entrevista a Jordi Wild - Sonrisa salvaje |url=https://www.rockzonemag.com/entrevista-a-jordi-wild-sonrisa-salvaje/ |website=RockZone |access-date=25 December 2021 |language=es |date=9 March 2021}}</ref> ''The Wild Project'' has almost always been in the fourth position of the list of the most listened to Spanish podcasts on Spotify in 2021,<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Díaz |first1=María Caba |title=Ya están aquí las canciones y los artistas más escuchados en 2021 |journal=La Razón |date=2 December 2021 |url=https://www.larazon.es/tecnologia/20211202/a43psambbrf3zjztqsiajtj2ye.html |access-date=1 January 2022 |language=es}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Baldi |first1=Augusto |title=Los 5 podcasts más escuchados este año en Spotify España |url=https://universodigitalnoticias.com/multimedia/21/09/2021/los-5-podcasts-mas-escuchados-este-ano-en-spotify-espana/40181.html |website=Universo Digital Noticias |access-date=16 February 2022 |language=es |date=21 September 2021}}</ref> and on 28 December he top the list of Spotify.<ref>{{cite news |title=Ranking Spotify en España: Top 10 de los podcast más escuchados de hoy martes, 28 de diciembre |url=https://www.infobae.com/america/agencias/2021/12/28/ranking-spotify-en-espana-top-10-de-los-podcast-mas-escuchados-de-hoy-martes-28-de-diciembre/ |access-date=1 January 2022 |work=Infobae |date=28 December 2021 |language=es-ES}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Díaz |first1=Alba |title=El podcast del manresà Jordi Wild es converteix en el més popular a Spotify Espanya |url=https://www.regio7.cat/gent/2021/12/28/podcast-manresa-jordi-wild-converteix-61079282.html |access-date=1 January 2022 |work=Regió7 |date=28 December 2021 |language=ca}}</ref> In January 2022, Jordi Wild's The Wild Project won the Best Talk Show of the year category from Esland Awards,<ref>{{cite news |title=Premios Esland; resumen de la gala y todos los ganadores |url=https://www.marca.com/videojuegos/lo-mas-gaming/2022/01/17/61e59c8de2704e091f8b45d7.html |access-date=18 January 2022 |work=Marca |date=17 January 2022 |language=es}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Pérez |first1=Juan |title=Premios Esland: la lista completa de los 17 ganadores en cada categoría |url=https://esports.eldesmarque.com/noticias/premios-esland-lista-ganadores-114318 |website=Noticias eSports en El Desmarque |access-date=18 January 2022 |language=es |date=17 January 2022}}</ref> at Palau de la Música Catalana, Barcelona.<ref>{{cite news |title=El youtuber manresà Jordi Wild guanya un premi Esland pel seu podcast «The Wild Project» |url=https://www.naciodigital.cat/manresa/noticia/101292/manresa/el-youtuber-manresa-jordi-wild-guanya-un-premi-esland-pel-seu-podcast-the-wild-project |access-date=18 January 2022 |work=NacióManresa |date=18 January 2022 |language=ca}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Izquierdo |first1=Andrea |title=El podcast del manresà Jordi Wild, guardonat als premis ESLAND per a streamers |url=https://www.regio7.cat/cultures/2022/01/18/podcast-manresa-jordi-wild-guardonat-61677796.html |access-date=18 January 2022 |work=Regió7 |date=18 January 2022 |language=ca}}</ref> In June 2022, he celebrated his 150th episode of his podcast with a special episode that lasted 25 hours.<ref>{{Cite web |last=20minutos |date=2022-06-20 |title=Jordi Wild triunfa tras estar 25 horas seguidas en directo con su pódcast 'The Wild Project' y su polémico debate sobre el comunismo |url=https://www.20minutos.es/noticia/5018450/0/jordi-wild-triunfa-tras-estar-25-horas-seguidas-en-directo-con-su-podcast-the-wild-project-y-su-polemico-debate-sobre-el-comunismo/ |access-date=2022-08-12 |website=www.20minutos.es - Últimas Noticias |language=es}}</ref> In 2022 he released his first fragrance under the name of 'Olvidona'.
In September 2024, amidst the Venezuelan political crisis, Jordi interviewed Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado on the 290th episode of his podcast.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Wild |first1=Jordi |title=The Wild Project #290 - María Corina Machado {{!}} Maduro quiere "silenciarla", Asesinatos y torturas |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAvE5hy2STY |website=YouTube |publisher=The Wild Project |access-date=13 September 2024 |date=12 September 2024}}</ref> In response, Nicolás Maduro criticized both Machado and Wild, saying that "he thinks that just because he is an ''influencer'' in Spain, he could be decisive in Venezuela."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Mora |first1=Daniela |title=El podcast de Jordi Wild llega en exclusiva a Podimo y su primera invitada desata el enfado de Nicolás Maduro |url=https://www.20minutos.es/noticia/5633400/0/podcast-jordi-wild-vuelve-exclusiva-podimo-su-primera-invitada-desata-enfado-nicolas-maduro/ |access-date=13 September 2024 |work=20 Minutos |date=13 September 2024 |language=es}}</ref> However, in doing so, Maduro referred to Jordi Wild as "Will" and described him as "a guy dedicated to animals". Spanish media points that Maduro likely confused Jordi's ''The Wild Project'' with Frank Cuesta's ''Wild Frank''.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Sebastià |first1=Pol Langa |title=Nicolás Maduro carga contra Jordi Wild por la entrevista a María Corina Machado: 'Te vas a secar' |url=https://www.sport.es/es/noticias/actualidad/nicolas-maduro-carga-jordi-wild-108104802 |access-date=13 September 2024 |work=Diario Sport |date=13 September 2024 |language=es}}</ref> Maduro then threatened Jordi by saying "Will Project, you now messed with Venezuela. You will dry, Will, you will dry! I tell you so from Caracas: By Bolívar's spirit, you will dry, my friend. Dried up! I will see you dried up!"<ref>{{cite news |last1=Mestres |first1=Marc |title=Maduro amenaza a Jordi Wild por su entrevista a María Corina Machado y lo confunde con Frank Cuesta |url=https://www.lavanguardia.com/cribeo/viral/20240913/9937954/maduro-amenaza-jordi-wild-entrevista-maria-corina-machado-confunde-frank-cuesta-mmn.html |access-date=13 September 2024 |work=La Vanguardia |date=13 September 2024 |language=es}}</ref> On his X account, Jordi posted the video of Maduro's threat and laughed by saying "I am crying."<ref>{{cite web |last1=Wild |first1=Jordi |title=Jordi Wild on X: "estoy llorando" |url=https://twitter.com/JordiWild/status/1834429805707546657 |website=X |access-date=13 September 2024}}</ref> Frank Cuesta, whom Maduro mistakenly alluded to, replied Jordi's post with "so, neither you nor I can go there at the moment hahahaha."<ref>{{cite web |last1=Cuesta |first1=Frank |title=Frank Cuesta on X: "Osea, que ni tu ni yo podemos ir por alli de momento hahahahah." |url=https://twitter.com/Frank_Cuesta/status/1834530204045435093 |website=X |access-date=13 September 2024}}</ref> Jordi further mocked Maduro's threat on social media by posting a picture of himself with the text "Drying up, me? I'm more about getting panties wet,"<ref>{{cite web |last1=Wild |first1=Jordi |title=Jordi Wild on X |url=https://twitter.com/JordiWild/status/1834566076199309524 |website=X |access-date=13 September 2024}}</ref> and by asking his followers to create an image for his Dogfight Wild Tournament of a triple threat match between him, Maduro, and Elon Musk with Donald Trump as the special guest referee.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Wild |first1=Jordi |title=Jordi Wild on X "DWT 3: Triple threat Nicolás Maduro vs Jordi Wil vs Elon Mok Special referee Donald Trump Que alguien me haga un cartel de esto por favor." |url=https://twitter.com/JordiWild/status/1834641305366151468 |website=X |access-date=13 September 2024}}</ref> In January 2026, after learning that Maduro was captured by the United States, Wild took to social media and ironized by posting "Maduro, who's dried up now, huh? Come on, take care."<ref>{{cite web |last1=Wild |first1=Jordi |title=Maduro, ¿quién está seco ahora, eh? Venga te me cuidas. |url=https://x.com/JordiWild/status/2007435586957639723 |website=X |access-date=4 January 2026}}</ref>
On 5 November 2024, Jordi announced that his father, Jordi Carrillo de Albornoz, had died at the age of 71.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Turrión |first1=Mario Martín |last2=Wagih |first2=Marcos |last3=Blázquez Gil |first3=Mario |title=Muere el padre de Jordi Wild, Papá Giorgio, a los 71 años de edad |url=https://www.marca.com/videojuegos/streamers/2024/11/05/672a2347268e3ef27d8b4582.html |access-date=6 November 2024 |work=Marca |date=5 November 2024 |language=es}}</ref> He was mostly known as Papa Giorgio, an occasional character in ''El rincón de Giorgio'',<ref>{{cite web |last1=Wild |first1=Jordi |title=¿Cómo es mi padre fuera del personaje? {{!}} 50 COSAS SOBRE PAPA GIORGIO |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GvvXrJxjyO0 |website=YouTube |publisher=El rincón de Giorgio |access-date=6 November 2024 |date=22 January 2020}}</ref> as well as an invitee to ''The Wild Project''.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Wild |first1=Jordi |title=The Wild Project #75 ft Papa Giorgio {{!}} Cómo ligaba de joven, Sus 8 hermanos, Crecer en una dictadura |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sq3Ks8A57Xg |website=YouTube |publisher=The Wild Project |access-date=6 November 2024 |date=15 July 2021}}</ref>
== Awards and nominations == {| class="wikitable" ! width="10" | Year ! Award ! Category ! Work ! width="30" | Result ! width="30" | {{Abbr|Ref.|References}} |- | 2022 | rowspan=3 |ESLAND Awards | rowspan=2 |Talk Show of the Year | rowspan=2 |''The Wild Project'' | {{won}} | <ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.marca.com/videojuegos/lo-mas-gaming/2022/01/17/61e59c8de2704e091f8b45d7.html |title=Premios Esland; resumen de la gala y todos los ganadores |first=Iñaki |last=Redondo |date=17 January 2022 |access-date=27 January 2022 |newspaper=MARCA |language=es}}</ref> |- | 2023 | {{won}} | <ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.marca.com/videojuegos/lo-mas-gaming/2022/11/29/6385f54f268e3e5f488b457d.html |title=Jordi Wild: "Sería un escándalo que The Wild Project no esté ni nominado a los ESLAND" |first=Óscar |last=Tejedor |date=29 November 2022 |access-date=18 January 2023 |newspaper=MARCA |language=es}}</ref> |- | 2024 | Event of the year |''Dogfight Wild Tournament'' | {{nom}} | <ref>{{cite web |title=Premios ESLAND 2024: Los mejores streamers serán galardonados en Andorra |url=https://www.redbull.com/es-es/premios-esland-2024-informacion |website=RedBull |access-date=16 February 2024 |language=es |date=14 February 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.marca.com/videojuegos/streamers/2024/02/16/65cfa99e46163f44868b45ca.html |title=ESLAND 2024: Todos los ganadores de la tercera edición del evento de TheGrefg |date=16 February 2024 |access-date=17 February 2024 |first=Daniel |last=Calvo |work=Marca |language=es}}</ref>
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== Filmography == {| class="wikitable" ! Year ! Title ! Role |- | 2016 | ''Wild: la pelicula'' | |- | 2018 | ''VENDETTA: La Película'' | Tommaso Marino |- | 2019 | ''Ella llevaba una diadema azul'' | Detective |}
== References == {{reflist}}
== External links == * [https://www.youtube.com/c/ElRinconDeGiorgio El Rincón de Giorgio's channel] on YouTube * [https://www.youtube.com/@TheWildProject The Wild Project] on YouTube * [https://www.jordiwild.com/ Official website] * [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm8502930/ Jordi Wild] at IMDb
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