Dwayne Johnson Partners With Acorns To Make Special Investment For High School Grad

Dwayne Johnson has partnered with investment app Acorns to make a surprise investment for a new high school grad from Florida.

A young woman by the name of Lorraine Angelakos wrote Dwayne a touching letter, asking him to speak at her high school graduation before things shut down due to COVID. Lorraine, a high school graduate from Pompano Beach High School in Florida, sent Dwayne $7, which is an important number in his life. So moved by her letter and small gift, he decided to do something special for her.

The $7 Lorraine gifted to Dwayne symbolized the last $7 he had in his account years ago after he got cut from the Canadian Football League just two days after playing in his first professional game. He moved back home with his parents and was in a bad depression, before deciding to get back into training and become a professional wrestler. The rest is history, but he never forgot that moment as a turning point in his life.

“Lorraine, I told you that I was going to do something special with that seven bucks,” the actor said in a video on Instagram. “And what I’ve done with that seven bucks — I kept my promise — I know you’re starting college and I want you to know that I’ve taken that seven bucks and opened an Acorns account in your name starting with seven bucks because its what I started with, so you’re starting it with it too.” He added, “Every week, for the rest of your four-year college education, acorns will be depositing seven bucks into your account.”