Raised amidst academia, Griffin's early bond with technology led him to establish 'Phase Shift,' a pre-web 1980s BBS popular with young hackers worldwide — subsequently attracting the attention of the FBI. Not yet an adult, Griffin was let off with a stern, if bemused, warning and an informative glimpse inside the evolving world of cybersecurity.
Grif's penchant for pushing boundaries was evident as he played within legal gray areas, echoing the future influence of platforms like Wikileaks. Quickly recruited after college to Wall Street, Grif helped build the early infrastructure of the Web, including search, high speed networking, and much more. A pivotal motorcycle accident in 1994 propelled Grif away from JPMorgan and into entrepreneurship, launching New York's first Web 1.0 technical ad agency, The Gryphon Group, and setting the stage for an influential career at the intersection of technology, politics, and global finance.
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"In 1994, I had a serious motorcycle accident in New York City that put me on my back for months. Away from the hectic pace of JPMorgan's trading floors, I did a deep dive into the future of emerging browser and server technologies, which were fueling the Web 1.0 revolution. Once back on my feet, I left my full-time position at JPMorgan, recruited partners, and started The Gryphon Group, New York's first technical web agency. We (TGG) opened an office across from JPM at 67 Wall Street, from where we expanded our client base.
My experience with DEC (AltaVista Search engine) and JPM (high performance network apps) provided a strong foundation from which to help the world’s top companies transition onto the Web. My first global project involved working with the CEO and CTO of Mastercard to migrate every file on every computer worldwide to a new secure intranet. Similar projects at The New York Times and Wall Street Journal followed, as did work for McKinsey & Co. and some of the largest ad agencies in the world.
TGG became the digital agency of record for Netscape and was then acquired by Netscape’s lead agency, JWT/WPP. Soon after, I relocated to California, where Mobile, Web 2.0 and now Web 3.0, AI, and XR are unlocking whole new worlds of possibility."
Griffin de Luce,
Founder, TGG.COM
"TGG was handpicked by Gene Lockhart - the Blackstone Senior Advisor and ex-CEO and President of Mastercard. He offered us a challenge to accomplish the impossible: securely migrate every byte of every file on every computer in every office worldwide, all under an unforgivingly tight deadline. So, we rolled up our sleeves and designed what was essentially an attack which would blur the lines between innovation and outright penetration – a friendly 'virus', designed to do exactly that. And it worked."
Griffin de Luce,
Founder, TGG.COM
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"NCSA Mosaic was the first browser I had ever used, and it was the tool that I obsessed over during my recovery from a motorcycle accident while working at JPMorgan in New York.
NCSA Mosaic evolved into Netscape Navigator when Jim Barksdale and Marc Andreessen unleashed a torrent of innovation upon the world.
Anyone working in tech in the '90s understood that Microsoft was late to the party. They were determined to recapture momentum, and soon did just that by bundling their browser with more established products, making it very difficult for smaller companies like Netscape to stay in business.
My company, TGG.com, built the first secure web-driven file operating system (think Dropbox, but in 1995.) We also became the digital agency of record for Netscape by providing tech development to JWT, their main agency in New York.
When Bill Gates was grilled by Congress in March of 1998 and then asked to explain his perspective the following day for an hour live with Charlie Rose, we helped write the hard questions. Ultimately, Microsoft was NOT broken up, and Netscape was forced into an acquisition (by AOL and Sun Microsystems.) TGG helped re-brand the company and assisted with the transition.
Marc Andreessen would go on to later found Andreessen Horowitz and remains one of the brightest minds in Silicon Valley. Even now, he and his partners are funding the future of Web3 and beyond."
Griffin de Luce,
Founder, TGG.COM
In the mid 1990s TGG opened an office in Washington, D.C. and began to work more closely with the administration and various agencies.
Griffin worked repeatedly with senior executives like the CTO of the Internal Revenue Service. In 1996 he began to consult directly to the longest-serving Chairman of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, Arthur Levitt.
Thompson was appointed as chairman of Microsoft, succeeding Bill Gates. On the same day Nadella replaced Steve Ballmer as the Microsoft CEO.
Griffin met his first wife Marcy Swenson at the 2000 State of the World Forum in New York City. Marcy is a talented executive coach at StartupHappiness.
"The Forum was established to create a global leadership network comprised of eminent individuals -- ranging from Heads of State to grass roots organizers, Nobel Laureates to business leaders, policy makers to social activists -- drawn from the governmental, business and civil society sectors, committed to discerning and implementing those principles, values and actions necessary to guide humanity wisely as it gives shape to an increasingly global and interdependent world."
Griffin later co-founded Ubiquity University with Jim Garrison and others in 2012.
Griffin formed a close working relationship with the CTO of Linden Lab, while also making extensive use of OpenSim (a compatible version which supported third party browsers.)
Griffin designed and oversaw the planing of an innovative virtual world for MBC and its customers.
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We presented this project at Apple's campus in Cupertino and also gave a virtual tour to Apple's CEO. Apple elected not to pursue VR publicly but did follow through with a number of research projects and patents, some of which have now been granted by the US PTO. Apple Granted Patent for Potential Gear VR Killer
Griffin and Wired’s Special Projects Team met to explore Wired's immediate and long-term goals in VR. Following this, Griffin and his team prepared a detailed interpretation of these needs, along with a custom set of solutions and services to fulfill Wired's short-term and long-term goals. The proposed plan includes all critical elements for transitioning Wired's supremacy in its traditional market to VR.
The winners of the CFDA Lexus Hybrid Living Eco Fashion Challenge - Monique Péan, Costello Tagliapietra and Maria Cornejo -- were announced Nov 9 at an evening event held at Skylight West in NYC. Lexus and the CFDA created the Challenge to increase sustainable practices in the fashion industry, by recognizing leaders in eco design.
Griffin recruited friend and mentor Steve (Woz) Wozniak as an advisor for the company, due to Woz's passion for GPS gadget design and elegant hacks.
United States President Barack Obama was spotted with the GAME GOLF tracking sensor clipped to his belt, using the platform to track his performance.
Griffin's association with Jim Garrison and Jim Hickman began in 2000 at the State of the World Forum, in NYC.
Griffin's remains an advisor to UU on Web3, Blockchain Accreditation and Attestation, and Immersive Reality (VR, XR.)
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"The greatest social network is the one that already exists between people. Vero's mission is to make it available online." - Ayman Hariri
"I'm Griffin de Luce and I've been advising the CEO and CTO of Vero since 2018. When I met Ayman Hariri, his biggest concern was to provide people with an alternative to the existing social media app economy, where people gave their data away to "Big Social" and got monetized and manipulated in return.
Ayman believed that online Social should work the way real social did. People should have control over with whom and how they shared... no matter what it was.
Obviously an ecology like that only works if users have a sense of ownership, and Ayman was committed to accomplishing that.
My first face to face meeting with Ayman was in a conference room in New York with VC luminary, Bill Hambrecht (of Hambricht and Quist fame.) Bill took Google and hundreds of other companies public with his OpenIPO mechanism... which put the needs of the company and the investors above the needs of Wall Street.
It was one thing to give users a piece of ownership in Vero.co... But Ayman's dream was much larger. He envisioned not just user ownership of Vero, but transforming Vero into a platform where users could co-create, invest in the artists they cherished, and even monetize their passions.
Fast-forwarding through many challenges and more than one Crypto-Winter, Vero has now fulfilled that vision with the acquisition of the Tokenise Stock Exchange. This move has not just given users a feeling of ownership, but an actual stake in what they are most passionate about.
The future is full of promise and while we cannot predict everything that lies ahead, one certainty stands out... with Vero, users are NOT the product... they are the co-creators, investors, and integral stakeholders in a community that values their passions and contributions."
Griffin de Luce
Griffin's remains an advisor to Vero True Social on Web3, Blockchain, and Tokenization.
Griffin also serves as Blockchain consultant for Ojingo, the development firm partially owned by Vero.
Association is ongoing.
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Hohn's career is marked by numerous philanthropic efforts and an increasingly vocal advocacy for urgent action against the climate crisis. His professional journey includes an initial stint at the private equity group Apax Partners post-graduation, followed by work with Perry Capital, and eventually setting up TCI in 2003.
Beyond financial contributions, Hohn's CIFF played a crucial role in launching the 'Say on Climate' initiative, aimed at compelling companies to disclose their greenhouse gas emissions and future reduction plans. Hohn's approach to philanthropy and his staunch advocacy for urgent climate action continue to influence his investment strategies.
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