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Nick Gross
View on WikipediaNicholas 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]
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Early life
[edit]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]
Career
[edit]Gross Labs
[edit]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]
Find Your Grind
[edit]In 2015, Nick and Natasha Gross founded the Find Your Grind Foundation to support disadvantaged young people.[20][21]
In September 2015, Find Your Grind Foundation collaborated with Anaheim Ducks to start the Find Your Grind Hockey Scholarship Program.[22]
In 2018, Gross founded Find Your Grind as an education platform with free online curriculum for students.[23][24] Celebrity mentors included Tony Hawk, Monique Coleman and Will.i.am.[25]
In 2021, FYG Foundation partnered with the Tiger Woods Foundation to give more students access to the education platform.[26][27]
In April 2025, Gross was appointed by the TGR Foundation to its board of governors.[28][29][18]
Big Noise
[edit]In 2018, Gross founded the music group Big Noise together with ex-Vagrant executive Jon Cohen[30] and rock producer John Feldmann.[31][32] He is CEO of Big Noise.[33] In 2019 the label's roster included Ashley Tisdale[34] and New Politics.[35]
In 2019, Big Noise launched the Noise Nest, a 5000-sq. ft recording studio in Los Angeles[36] and launched the FYG U Music + Tech Festival.[37]
In June 2019, Big Noise acquired the hip hop label Commission Record. Its roster includes MadeinTYO, Lil Dicky, Derez De'Shon and DJ Envy.[35] On 7 June 2019, The Wrecks signed with Big Noise.[38][39] The same year The Used and Travis Tritt also signed with Big Noise.[40]
On 1 November 2019, New Politics released their fifth album "An Invitation to an Alternate Reality".[41]
Tyler Posey and his band Five North released their debut EP Scumbag via Big Noise on 6 March 2020.[42]
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.[43] Alongside the signed artists from Big Noise other clients like Post Malone, DaBaby and A$AP Rocky use the facilities for work.[44][45]
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.[46][47] Both albums were produced by John Feldmann.
In March 2022, The Veronicas signed with Big Noise.[48] In March 2023, indie record label Position Music[49] and Big Noise launched a music publishing joint venture.[50][51]
On 1 September 2023, Escape the Fate released their 8th Album "Out of the Shadows" via Big Noise.[52][53]
On 9 May 2025, Avril Lavigne and Simple Plan released the Single "Young & Dumb".[54][55][56]
Goldfinger and Girlfriends
[edit]Since 2018, Gross had been touring drummer for Goldfinger.[57] Two years later, he became the official drummer of the band.[58]
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.[59] 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.[60] Their self-titled debut album was released on 23 October 2020 featuring 14 tracks. The production was led by John Feldmann.[61]
On 17 June 2022, Girlfriends released their second album "(e)motion sickness".[62][63]
In March 2023, Girlfriends released the single "Over My Dead Body" via Big Noise.[64][65] They also released "Life's A Brittany" on 14 April 2023.[66][67]
Esports
[edit]In 2018, FYG partnered with esports platform ReKTGlobal, parent company of Rogue and London Royal Ravens,[68] in scholarships for students who want to pursue esports.[69] He became a member of the board and the lead investor in ReKTGlobal.[70][71] In 2022, ReKTGlobal was acquired by entertainment company Infinite Reality and Rogue merged with Spanish esports organization KOI.[72][73][74][75] 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.[76][77][78] DrLupo participated as mentor in the program.[79]
Other investments
[edit]In February 2022, Gross became an investor in Mexican football club Necaxa.[80][81]
Awards
[edit]Find Your Grind was listed in the 'Brands that Matter in 2022' by Fast Company.[82][83]
Personal life
[edit]Gross is married to Natasha Gross (born Natasha Barritt), the Executive Director of the Find Your Grind Foundation.[84] They have one child together.[8] Gross enjoys surfing, running and skating.[85][86]
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