Nick Gross | |
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Born | July 19, 1988 |
Nationality | American |
Occupation(s) | Entrepreneur Musician Investor |
Known for | Founder of Find Your Grind Drummer for the band girlfriends |
Spouse | Natasha Gross |
Children | 1 |
Relatives | Sue Gross (mother) Bill H. Gross (father) |
Nicholas William Gross (born 19 July 1988) [1] is an American entrepreneur, musician and founder of the Find Your Grind education platform. Gross founded the band girlfriends together with Travis Mills in 2020. [2] [3] [4] He is also a member of Goldfinger. [5]
Gross grew up in Laguna Beach, California, [6] the only son of Bill H. Gross and his second wife Sue, [7] and began playing the drums around age seven. [8] He started a career as a drummer and in subsequent years was the drummer for bands Open Air Stereo and Half the Animal. [9] [10] With Open Air Stereo, Gross took part in the reality show Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County. [11] The band later signed with Epic Records. [12]
In 2009, Gross launched STRZ Enterprises, a record studio and record label. [8]
In 2018, Gross founded Gross Labs as parent company of Find Your Grind and Big Noise, among others. [8] Gross Labs invested in 100 Thieves, Buzzfeed, DraftKings, among others. [13]
In 2019 Gross led a series A funding of $10.8 million [14] for ReKTGlobal. [15]
In 2015, Nick and Natasha Gross founded the Find Your Grind Foundation to support disadvantaged young people. [16] [17]
In September 2015, Find Your Grind Foundation collaborated with Anaheim Ducks to start the Find Your Grind Hockey Scholarship Program. [18]
In 2018, Gross founded Find Your Grind as an education platform with free online curriculum for students. [19] [20]
In 2008, Gross founded the music group Big Noise together with ex-Vagrant executive Jon Cohen [21] and rock producer John Feldmann. [22] [23] He is CEO of Big Noise. [24] As of 2019 the label's roster included Ashley Tisdale [25] and New Politics. [26]
In 2019, Big Noise launched the Noise Nest, a 5000-sq. ft recording studio in Los Angeles [27] and launched the FYG U Music + Tech Festival. [28]
In June 2019, Big Noise acquired the hip hop label Commission Record. Its roster includes MadeinTYO, Lil Dicky, Derez De'Shon and DJ Envy. [26] On 7 June 2019, The Wrecks signed with Big Noise. [29] [30] The same year The Used and Travis Tritt also signed with Big Noise. [31]
Tyler Posey and his band Five North released their debut EP Scumbag via Big Noise on 6 March 2020. [32]
By 2021 Big Noise had expanded their 10,000 sq ft. recording studio facility The Noise Nest with five recording studios and rooms for streaming and gaming. [33] Alongside the signed artists from Big Noise other clients like Post Malone, DaBaby and A$AP Rocky use the facilities for work. [34] [35]
Mod Sun signed a long-term deal with Big Noise in March 2021, and has since released two albums; Internet Killed the Rockstar in 2021, and God Save the Teen in 2023, under Big Noise. [36] [37] Both albums were produced by John Feldmann.
In March 2022, The Veronicas signed with Big Noise. [38] In March 2023, indie record label Position Music [39] and Big Noise launched a music publishing joint venture. [40] [41]
Since 2018, Gross had been touring drummer for Goldfinger. [42] Two years later, he became the official drummer of the band. [43]
In 2020, Gross formed the band Girlfriends with Travis Mills, with the duo citing Blink-182, 5 Seconds of Summer and All Time Low as the band's musical influences. [44] The band released the first single "California" on June 26, 2020, with the music video being released on August 11. [2] This was followed by their second single "Eyes Wide Shut" on 21 August 2020. [45] Their self-titled debut album was released on 23 October 2020 featuring 14 tracks. The production was led by John Feldmann. [46]
On 17 June 2022, Girlfriends released their second album "(e)motion sickness". [47] [48]
In March 2023, Girlfriends released the single "Over My Dead Body" via Big Noise. [49] [50] They also released "Life's A Brittany" on 14 April 2023. [51] [52]
In 2018, FYG partnered with esports platform ReKTGlobal, parent company of Rogue and London Royal Ravens, [53] in scholarships for students who want to pursue esports. [54] He became a member of the board and the lead investor in ReKTGlobal. [55] [56] In 2022, ReKTGlobal was acquired by entertainment company Infinite Reality and Rogue merged with Spanish esports organization KOI. [57] [58] [59] [60] In 2018, FYG created the Fortnite based Junior Rogue program in partnership with ReKTGlobal to give young people the opportunity to get into esports and receive a scholarship through the Find Your Grind Foundation. [61] [62] [63] DrLupo participated as mentor in the program. [64]
In February 2022, Gross became an investor in Mexican football club Necaxa. [65] [66]
Find Your Grind was listed in the 'Brands that Matter in 2022' by Fast Company. [67] [68]
Gross is married to Natasha Gross (born Natasha Barritt), the Executive Director of the Find Your Grind Foundation. [69] They have one child together. [8] Gross enjoys surfing, running and skating. [70] [71]
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