John Ghiorso is an American 🏷️#entrepreneur and the co-founder and chief executive officer of 📝VantaFive, an agency 📝Venture Studio based in 📝San Diego, CA. He founded Orca Pacific, a full-service 📝Amazon agency, in 2008 and developed it into a major Amazon and e-commerce services provider before selling it to Media.Monks (S4 Capital) in 2020. After completing his earn-out in 2023, he launched VantaFive, which builds and scales specialized marketing services agencies. Its portfolio includes Influent Social, a 📝LinkedIn-focused agency; Longbow, an AI-powered outbound messaging agency; and Sohva, a TikTok Shop agency. Ghiorso is also developing a full-service Reddit marketing agency concept. He holds a degree in marketing and entrepreneurship from the University of Arizona’s Eller College of Management.
I met John when I found his LinkedIn post about starting a Reddit agency. We have more than a few mutual friends.