Colin Kroll

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Colin Kroll
BornMay 17, 1984
HQ Trivia

Colin Kroll (May 17, 1984

HQ Trivia
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Early life and education

Kroll was born in Rye, New York, or Detroit, Michigan, the son of Alan Kroll.[1][4][2] After his parents' divorce when he was 10, Kroll was raised in the suburbs of Detroit, dropping out of community college to work on coding projects for local businesses.[5]

Kroll eventually returned to school, attending Oakland University where he studied computer science.[5][6][7]

Career

Kroll worked as an engineering manager at

HQ Trivia.[10] The real-time trivia game app was launched in 2017, climbing to the top of Apple's free game app chart during the early months of 2018. Kroll and another board member forced Yusupov, who was the CEO of Intermedia Labs, out of his position and Kroll took over as CEO in September 2018.[3][12]

Death

Police were called to Kroll's apartment in SoHo, Manhattan shortly after midnight on December 16, 2018, when his girlfriend became concerned after making multiple unsuccessful attempts to contact him by phone throughout the previous day.[5][13] Kroll was found dead in his bedroom[3] of a drug overdose.[14] Drugs found in his system include fentanyl, 4-Fluoroisobutyrfentanyl, heroin and cocaine, the New York City medical examiner said,[15] ultimately determining Kroll's cause of death to be "accidental overdose by fentanyl-laced heroin."[5]

References

  1. ^ a b "Vine and HQ Trivia co-founder Colin Kroll found dead at 34". Silicon Angle. December 16, 2018.
  2. ^ a b "January 03, 2019 (vol. , iss. 1) - Image 32". The Detroit Jewish News Digital Archives. Retrieved July 31, 2023.
  3. ^ a b c Wattles, Jackie (December 16, 2018). "Colin Kroll, co-founder of HQ Trivia and Vine, found dead". CNN Business.
  4. ^ "Colin Kroll, Co-Founder Of Vine And HQ Trivia Found Dead - CBS Detroit". www.cbsnews.com. December 17, 2018. Retrieved July 31, 2023.
  5. ^ a b c d e Ramachandran, Shalini; Kanno-Youngs, Zolan; Koh, Yoree (February 15, 2019). "The Tech Whiz Behind Vine and HQ Trivia Made Millions in His 20s. He Was Dead by 34". The Wall Street Journal.
  6. ^ Spangler, Todd (December 16, 2018). "HQ Trivia and Vine Co-Founder Colin Kroll Dies at 34". Variety. Retrieved December 17, 2018.
  7. ^
    OCLC 1003742778.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link
    )
  8. ISSN 0362-4331
    . Retrieved December 17, 2018.
  9. ^ a b Wagner, Kurt (December 18, 2017). "HQ Trivia's founders are facing fundraising roadblocks after investors learned of alleged bad behavior". Recode. Retrieved December 18, 2018.
  10. ^
    Advertising Age
    . Retrieved January 21, 2018.
  11. ^ Heine, Christopher (October 27, 2016). "Twitter Just Shut Down Vine 4 Years After Buying It for $30 Million". Adweek. Retrieved December 18, 2018.
  12. ^ Vega, Nicolas (September 19, 2018). "Controversial HQ Trivia co-founder named CEO". New York Post.
  13. ^ Gioino, Catherina; DeSantisi, Rachel; Ray, Esha (December 16, 2018). "Vine, HQ Trivia co-founder Colin Kroll dead at 34 of apparent drug overdose in SoHo apartment". New York Daily News. Retrieved December 23, 2018.
  14. ^ Lomas, Natasha. "HQ Trivia and Vine co-founder Colin Kroll found dead of suspected overdose". TechCrunch. Retrieved December 16, 2018.
  15. ^ "Colin Kroll, co-founder of Vine and HQ Trivia, died of accidental drug overdose: medical examiner". WPIX 11 New York. February 5, 2019. Retrieved February 5, 2019.
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