How a ‘TikTok doctorate’ made 26-year-old Griffin Johnson a venture capitalist
In February 2019, Griffin Johnson was a junior in college, studying nursing and working in a steel factory. Six years later, he’s co-founder of Animal Capital, a venture fund, a journey he credits almost entirely to TikTok and the connections he’s made along the way. Johnson built a TikTok audience around “complaining about student life,” he told Digiday (at the time of writing, he has 9.5 million
In February 2019, Griffin Johnson was a junior in college, studying nursing and working in a steel factory. Six years later, he’s co-founder of Animal Capital, a venture fund, a journey he credits almost entirely to TikTok and the connections he’s made along the way. Johnson built a TikTok audience around “complaining about student life,” he told Digiday (at the time of writing, he has 9.5 million