Connor Franta

He is an American YouTuber, entrepreneur and a writer. He is a multi-talented young person. He is most famous as a YouTube vlogger who was inspired by other YouTubers. His channel is one of the most subscribed channels and also has got a really lot of views surpassing 400 million.

Quick Bio

His birthdate was September 12, 1992 and birthplace was Wisconsin. His father Peter Franta was a physician whilst his mother Cheryl Franta was a homemaker. Immediately after he was born the family shifted to La Crescent, Minnesota, where he grew up and he was raised as a catholic. Connor attended St. Peter’s Catholic School from elementary until 8th grade. In 2011 he graduated from La Crescent High School where he also ran cross country.

Career

Since his very first post in August 2010, he has become a YouTuber who has numerous videos on his Channel. He launched a fundraising campaign during his 22nd birthday called The Thirst Project to help build wells in Swaziland of which at the end of the campaign 16 wells had been built. Franta is also an entrepreneur, on November 2014 he released a compilation album from up-coming musicians entitled Crown Vol. 1.

Up to now five compilations have been created and he has also created his own record label “Heard Well”. In January he also launched a website for ‘Common Culture’ which is his brand name. He is also into writing and he released a book entitled “A Work in Progress”. He spent over a year writing this book which is his memoir and to top it all the book spent 16 weeks on The New York Times Best Seller list and he ultimately sold over 200 copies and still counting.