Nick Gross | |
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| Born | July 19, 1988 |
| Occupations | Entrepreneur Musician Investor |
| Known for | Founder of Find Your Grind Drummer for the band girlfriends |
| Spouse | Natasha Barritt |
| Children | 1 |
| Parent(s) | Bill H. Gross Sue Gross |
Nicholas William Gross (born 19 July 1988) [1] is an American entrepreneur, musician, and the 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 billionaire American investor 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 investments, Find Your Grind and Big Noise, among others. [8] Gross Labs invested in X Games, 100 Thieves, BuzzFeed, DraftKings, among others. [13] [14] [15]
In 2019 Gross led a series A funding of $10.8 million [16] for ReKTGlobal. [17]
In October 2024, Gross invested in TMRW Sports and Los Angeles Golf Club, among others via Brekky Golf Company, a holding company founded by Gross and Sean Maher. [18] [15] [19]
In October 2025, Gross joined the ownership group of Breakaway Music Festival together with Shaun Neff. [20] [21]
In December 2025, Gross Labs became an investor alongside Russell Westbrook and Echo Investment Capital in the development of a new entertainment district in Oklahoma City [22] that will include hotels, music venues, educational hubs [23] and the Oklahoma City Stadium. [24]
In 2015, Nick and Natasha Gross founded the Find Your Grind Foundation to support disadvantaged young people. [25] [26]
In September 2015, Find Your Grind Foundation collaborated with Anaheim Ducks to start the Find Your Grind Hockey Scholarship Program. [27]
In 2018, Gross founded Find Your Grind as an education platform with free online curriculum for students. [28] [29] Celebrity mentors included Tony Hawk, Monique Coleman and Will.i.am. [30]
In 2021, FYG Foundation partnered with the Tiger Woods Foundation to give more students access to the education platform. [31] [32]
In April 2025, Gross was appointed by the TGR Foundation to its board of governors. [33] [34] [18]
In 2018, Gross founded the music group Big Noise together with ex-Vagrant executive Jon Cohen [35] and rock producer John Feldmann. [36] [37] He is CEO of Big Noise. [38] In 2019 the label's roster included Ashley Tisdale [39] and New Politics. [40]
In 2019, Big Noise launched the Noise Nest, a 5000-sq. ft recording studio in Los Angeles [41] and launched the FYG U Music + Tech Festival. [42]
In June 2019, Big Noise acquired the hip hop label Commission Record. Its roster includes MadeinTYO, Lil Dicky, Derez De'Shon and DJ Envy. [40] On 7 June 2019, The Wrecks signed with Big Noise. [43] [44] The same year The Used and Travis Tritt also signed with Big Noise. [45]
On 1 November 2019, New Politics released their fifth album "An Invitation to an Alternate Reality". [46]
Tyler Posey and his band Five North released their debut EP Scumbag via Big Noise on 6 March 2020. [47]
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. [48] Alongside the signed artists from Big Noise other clients like Post Malone, DaBaby and A$AP Rocky use the facilities for work. [49] [50]
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. [51] [52] Both albums were produced by John Feldmann.
In March 2022, The Veronicas signed with Big Noise. [53] In March 2023, indie record label Position Music [54] and Big Noise launched a music publishing joint venture. [55] [56]
On 1 September 2023, Escape the Fate released their 8th Album "Out of the Shadows" via Big Noise. [57] [58]
On 9 May 2025, Avril Lavigne and Simple Plan released the Single "Young & Dumb". [59] [60] [61]
Since 2018, Gross had been touring drummer for Goldfinger. [62] Two years later, he became the official drummer of the band. [63]
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. [64] 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. [65] Their self-titled debut album was released on 23 October 2020 featuring 14 tracks. The production was led by John Feldmann. [66]
On 17 June 2022, Girlfriends released their second album "(e)motion sickness". [67] [68]
In March 2023, Girlfriends released the single "Over My Dead Body" via Big Noise. [69] [70] They also released "Life's A Brittany" on 14 April 2023. [71] [72]
In 2018, FYG partnered with esports platform ReKTGlobal, parent company of Rogue and London Royal Ravens, [73] in scholarships for students who want to pursue esports. [74] He became a member of the board and the lead investor in ReKTGlobal. [75] [76] In 2022, ReKTGlobal was acquired by entertainment company Infinite Reality and Rogue merged with Spanish esports organization KOI. [77] [78] [79] [80] 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. [81] [82] [83] DrLupo participated as mentor in the program. [84]
In February 2022, Gross became an investor in Mexican football club Necaxa. [85] [86]
Find Your Grind was listed in the 'Brands that Matter in 2022' by Fast Company. [87] [88]
Gross is married to Natasha Gross (born Natasha Barritt), the executive director of the Find Your Grind Foundation. [89] They have one child together. [8] Gross enjoys surfing, running and skating. [90] [91]
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