Mick Purzycki is an American internet entrepreneur and the

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. He is the co-creator and Emmy nominated producer of the 2019

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documentary '' Fyre'', in which he also appears. He is the founder and lead strategist for Meme 2020, an issue based political marketing company that launched the first influencer marketing campaign in presidential political history when collaborating with the

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. Purzycki is also the founder of Jerry News, Civil Jewelry, Meme Media and Biff's Crush.

Biography

Purzycki was born Michael Purzycki Jr. in Wilmington,

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. His father,

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, was elected as mayor of Wilmington in 2016. After graduating from the

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in Greenville, he attended the

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, where he played for the football team as a wide receiver. He later moved to

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, where he worked for

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for three years before returning to the United States in 2012. After moving to

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, he helped to develop a fitness app called Fitmoo, which he worked on for two years before leaving the project. He began working for Jerry Media after he and James Ohliger, both of whom were then working on the social media project Krispy Shorts, contacted Jerry Media founder Elliot Tebele. He married his wife, Ally, in 2015.

References

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