What is David Hogg's net worth? Inside earnings of Mike Lindell rival who quit company to pursue college
Parkland shooting survivor and pillow entrepreneur David Hogg, who started a direct competitor to Mike Lindell's MyPillow, announced on Saturday that he had resigned from his company, Good Pillow. Taking to Twitter, he wrote, "Effective immediately, I have resigned and released all shares, any ownership and any control of Good Pillow LLC."
He goes on to explain that the reason for his departure are his own "personal commitments", adding that he is looking forward to working on these in the near future. "Over the next several months, I will be taking some time to focus on my studies in college and advance the gun violence prevention movement with March For Our Lives and personally." Finally, Hogg concluded his thread by saying, "While the tragedy and trauma I experienced does shape me, like many other survivors of gun violence, it is not even close to who I am fully and I am looking forward to using this time to grow myself as an organizer, friend, son, and brother."
Let's have a look at what happened to the company over the years and Hogg's net worth.
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7: Effective immediately, I have resigned and released all shares, any ownership and any control of Good Pillow LLC. I want to thank Will for his partnership and wish him absolutely nothing but success with the future of Good Pillow.
— David Hogg (@davidhogg111) April 10, 2021
9: Over the next several months, I will be taking some time to focus on my studies in college and advance the gun violence prevention movement with March For Our Lives and personally.
— David Hogg (@davidhogg111) April 10, 2021
12: While the tragedy and trauma I experienced does shape me, like many other survivors of gun violence, it is not even close to who I am fully and I am looking forward to using this time to grow myself as an organizer, friend, son, and brother.
— David Hogg (@davidhogg111) April 10, 2021
The beginnings of GoodPillow
The Harvard University student launched Good Pillow to compete with conservative MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell. The 20-year-old Hogg aimed to "run a better business and make a better product all with more happy staff than Mike, the pillow guy, while creating US-based Union jobs and helping people," according to an article carried in Insider.
The company was created rather suddenly, as he later admitted, with tech mogul William LeGate. At the time, after facing backlash over his decision, Hogg had tweeted, "If I want to start a pillow company to help people, feed myself and create jobs I’m going to do it," adding, "We really are going to help people, create jobs and more. Doubt me all you want — personally, I don’t care- ultimately know I’m doing this to help people."
People need to stop perpetuating the gaslighting that people that have trauma and ptsd can only do one thing.
— David Hogg (@davidhogg111) February 10, 2021
We really are going to help people, create jobs and more.
Doubt me all you want- personally I don’t care- ultimately know I’m doing this to help people.
Lindell's downfall
At the time, Lindell had reportedly said that there's "nothing wrong with competition that does not infringe on someone's patent". It has been reported that Lindell's company has been dropped by 22 retailers, including Kohl's and Bed Bath & Beyond, who pulled MyPillow's products after it was found that Lindell was spreading voter-fraud conspiracy theories.
What is David Hogg's net worth?
When Hogg had announced his new project, he had received a lot of flak on social media.
If the reports doing the rounds online are to be believed, Hogg has an estimated net worth of more than $2 million. Reports say he earns most of his money through his public appearances and activist movements. As one of the founding members of the gun control advocacy group Never Again MSD (Majority Stoneman Douglas), Hogg has been the organizer behind several high-profile protests.