Abraham Piper

Abraham Piper is a serial entrepreneur and artist living in Minneapolis.[1] He is the son of Baptist preacher and writer John Piper.

At age 19 he was excommunicated from his father's church after he rejected the faith. He was restored to membership four years later, but later rejected the faith again.[2]

He started the popular news aggregator 22 Words in 2008.[3] He founded the media company Brainjolt in 2014, which owns 22 Words and several other internet companies. In 2017, he told CNBC Brainjolt was expected to have $30 million in annual revenue.[4] In 2019, he started a premium jigsaw puzzle company called Blue Kazoo.[5]

In November 2020, he began posting TikTok videos, which included posts critical of his Evangelical upbringing.[2] His TikTok following was 1.7 million in December 2021.

References
  1. "About Abraham Piper | Abstract Art | Minneapolis, St Paul, MN". Abraham Piper Art. Retrieved 2021-04-12.
  2. Graham, Ruth (2021-04-12). "A Pastor's Son Becomes a Critic of Religion on TikTok". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-04-12.
  3. Hepburn, Ned (2013-12-12). "The Second-Most Shared Website in the World is Run by One Guy". Esquire. Retrieved 2021-04-12.
  4. Clifford, Catherine (2017-08-18). "This dad used to be a forklift driver—now his blog brings in $17 million a year". CNBC. Retrieved 2021-04-12.
  5. "Tech entrepreneur Abraham Piper: 'We wanted to try something different'". MinnPost. 2021-03-19. Retrieved 2021-04-12.
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