Sway House’s Josh Richards, Griffin Johnson, Noah Beck Join Executive Team At TikTok Rival ‘Triller’
Several current and former members of the TikTok creator collective Sway LA have joined social media app Triller -- which bills itself as a TikTok competitor -- in both a creative and corporate capacity.
Josh Richards, who recently departed the hearthrobby Sway House to pursue music and other entrepreneurial ventures, has joined Triller as chief strategy officer. In addition to 18-year-old Richards (20.4 million TikTok followers), two other Sway LA members -- Griffin Johnson (8.6 million followers) and Noah Beck (8.3 million followers) -- have also joined Triller in an advisory capacity. As part of these appointments, each of the guys has become an equity shareholder in Triller, which already counts Snoop Dogg and Lil Wayne as celebrity investors.
The Los Angeles Times reports that Richards, Johnson, Beck, and Anthony Reeves are departing TikTok -- the platform that turned them into Gen Z sensations -- in favor of Triller. That said, sources tell...
Josh Richards, who recently departed the hearthrobby Sway House to pursue music and other entrepreneurial ventures, has joined Triller as chief strategy officer. In addition to 18-year-old Richards (20.4 million TikTok followers), two other Sway LA members -- Griffin Johnson (8.6 million followers) and Noah Beck (8.3 million followers) -- have also joined Triller in an advisory capacity. As part of these appointments, each of the guys has become an equity shareholder in Triller, which already counts Snoop Dogg and Lil Wayne as celebrity investors.
The Los Angeles Times reports that Richards, Johnson, Beck, and Anthony Reeves are departing TikTok -- the platform that turned them into Gen Z sensations -- in favor of Triller. That said, sources tell...
- 7/28/2020
- by Geoff Weiss
- Tubefilter.com
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