Nick Gross


Nicholas William "Nick" Gross is an entrepreneur, musician and founder of the Find Your Grind education platform.

Early life and career

Gross grew up in Laguna Beach, California, and began playing the drums around age seven.
He started a career as a drummer and in subsequent years was the drummer for bands Open Air Stereo and Half the Animal. With Open Air Stereo Gross took part in the reality show. The band later signed with Epic Records.
In 2009, Gross launched STRZ Enterprises, a record studio and record label. He is the founder of Find Your Grind, an education platform, and CEO of Big Noise, a record label he founded with Jon Cohen and John Feldmann in 2018. As of 2019 the label's roster included Ashley Tisdale and New Politics. Also in 2018, Gross founded Gross Labs as parent company of Find Your Grind and Big Noise, among others.
In 2018, FYG partnered with esports platform ReKTGlobal, parent company of Rogue, in scholarships for students who want to pursue esports. In 2019 Gross led a series A funding of $10.8 million for ReKTGlobal. He became a member of the board.
In June 2019, Big Noise acquired the hip hop label Commission Record. Its roster includes MadeinTYO, Lil Dicky, Derez De'Shon and DJ Envy. The same year The Used and Travis Tritt signed with Big Noise.
In 2019, Big Noise launched the Noise Nest, a 5000-sq. ft recording studio in Los Angeles and launched the FYG U Music + Tech Festival.