Jacob Pace, CEO of Flighthouse and owner of one of one of TikTok’s most popular accounts, with more than 25 million followers. Photos: Andi Elloway

Meet the Gen Z Kingpin of TikTok

This 21-year-old CEO built a booming business hyping musicians on TikTok. Will Trump’s proposed ban bring it all crashing down?

Matt Hendrickson

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10 min readJul 27, 2020

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While Hollywood has always been known as Tinseltown, in the past year it’s become a TikTok town. The hills of L.A. are now full of “collab houses,” where the sole task is to churn out video clips…

Matt Hendrickson

Written by Matt Hendrickson

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Marker

Swedish. Proud Minnesotan. Rolling Stone alumnus. Prince acolyte. Read me: Garden & Gun, Fast Company, CBS Watch. Find me: www.bigswedemedia.com

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