David Grant is Co-Founder & CEO of Favored, powering video/social commerce with data, tech and services across multiple platforms. Favored is a top tier TikTok Shop Service Provider, supporting 50+ clients ranging from global enterprises to SMBs, and has activating over 365,000 creators. Favored recently ranked #2 in affiliate commerce and #3 in live shopping commerce among TikTok Shop's 500+ partners and is launching Favored Creators to further support creator monetization.

Previously, David founded and Shopflick.com (exit to PopSugar Inc.), the first venture-backed video shopping marketplace, built PopSugar's video business to 1B+ monthly views, was CEO of GGL, a global eSports company, launched and lead Fox TV Studios (acquired by Disney), a global operation that delivered 3,500+ hours of Emmy-winning television in 35 countries. As a News Corp. exec, I negotiated global media distribution deals, partnerships, joint ventures, film financings and co-productions, including the launch of the FOX Network, NFL, NHL, Fox Sports, HBO, Sky TV, StarTV and Nat Geo.