Biography

Gary Vaynerchuk

@garyvaynerchuk

Story Highlights
  • First Name : Gary
  • Last Name : Vaynerchuk
  • Birthday : November 14, 1975
  • Birthplace : Babruysk, Byelorussian SSR, Soviet Union
  • Age : 45 years old
  • Zodiac sign : Scorpio

Who is Gary Vaynerchuk and how did he become famous?
Gary Vaynerchuk is a serial entrepreneur and the CEO and co-founder of VaysnerMedia. Vaynerchuk is a venture capitalist, author, and early investor in Twitter, Tumblr, Venmo, and Uber. He also runs DailyVee, an online documentary series, and hosts AskGaryVee online, a business and advice Q&A show. Furthermore, Gary Vaynerchuk is the owner of Wine Library, the chairman of Cork’d, and the host of his daily show Wine Library TV. He is the ‘Face of Wine’ for today’s young generation. He has assisted wine lovers to realize their own passions. Vaynerchuk is now more known for his work in digital marketing and social media as the chairman of New York-based communications company VaynerX

Gary’s Career
Gary Vaynerchuk co-founded the restaurant-reservation app, Resy, which was acquired by American Express. Gary Vaynerchuk is also a co-founder of winery Empathy Wines, which was acquired by Constellation Brands. Moreover, Gary Vaynerchuk after graduating college in 1998, Vaynerchuk took charge of his father’s liquor store, Shopper’s Discount Liquors. He renamed the store to Wine Library, launched sales online, and in 2006 started Wine Library TV, a daily webcast on YouTube covering wine. He grew the business from $3 million a year to $60 million a year by 2003. In August 2011, Vaynerchuk stepped away from the wine business to build VaynerMedia, a digital ad agency, and he is the chairman of VaynerX, a communications company that holds media properties and technology companies. Likewise, In 2009, Gary Vaynerchuk, along with his brother AJ Vaynerchuk, founded VaynerMedia, a social media–focused digital agency where the company provides social media and strategy services to Fortune 500 companies. In 2015, VaynerMedia was named one of Ad Age’s A-List agencies with 600 employees in 2016, VaynerMedia grossed $100 million in revenue. The company also partnered with Vimeo to connect brands and filmmakers for digital content

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