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Jacob H. Toromanian

Jacob Hagop Toromanian

Born May 4, 1996 in Montebello, California to Tsovinar Ayvazian and Zaven Toromanian, is a politician, artist, graphics designer, and entrepreneur.

Early Life

Toromanian spent the majority of his childhood in Montebello, and eventually moved to North Hollywood after his parents separated when he was eight years old, and moved back to Montebello at 13 to live with his uncle and grandparents. He credits his uncle, Vrezh Toromanian, a retired civic engineer for the Department of Water and Power, to much of his success in life, saying that "he taught me everything I knew; explained the connections in life that most people misunderstood or missed entirely". Jacob is of Armenian descent, and is part Russian and Georgian due to his grandmother, who's maiden name was Yevgenia Kovrigina, who he was very fond of as a child. "She spoiled me with toys and let me stay up until dawn" he recounts, and says she was the only good thing about his childhood because of his often militaristic mother and absent father, who was a "talented but failed" musician. He says that "at 15 I found myself without a purpose or passion" and knowing he would have to find a career soon, turned to business management as a way to occupy time spent outside of school. After several failed business partnerships with friends and missed employment opportunities, Jacob took up politics and joined several online groups of varying political leanings. By 19 he was involved in online right-wing activism, and recounts an instance of him and others taking down the Instagram and Twitter accounts of George Soros by 'raiding' (overwhelming a user with insulting or belligerent comments and spammed messages) and claims he was at least partially responsible for Donald Trump becoming president in 2016.