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Gary Vaynerchuk

American businessman (born 1975)

Gary Vaynerchuk (born Gennady Alexandrovich Vaynerchuk, November 14, 1975; commonly known by his alias Gary Vee) is an American businessman, author, speaker, and internet personality. He is a co-founder of the restaurant reservation software company, Resy, and Empathy Wines.2

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Born Nov 14, 1975.1

About

First known as a wine critic who expanded his family's wine business, Vaynerchuk is now more known for his work in digital marketing and social media as the chairman of New York–based communications company VaynerX, and as CEO of VaynerX subsidiary VaynerMedia.

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Companies

Early life and education

  • Date not recordedCharles River Campus of UMass Amherst3
  • Date not recordedNorth Hunterdon High School3
  • Date not recordedUniversity of Michigan3

Gennady Alexandrovich Vaynerchuk was born on November 14, 1975, in Babruysk in the Soviet Union (today part of Belarus), and arrived via the U.S. Refugee Resettlement to New York City in the United States in 1978 at the age of three. He is of Ashkenazi Jewish descent. Vaynerchuk was raised in New York City's Queens borough and later moved to Edison, New Jersey. At age 14, he joined his family's retail-wine business. After his family moved, he graduated from North Hunterdon High School.

In 1998, Vaynerchuk graduated with a bachelor's degree in management science from Mount Ida College in Newton, Massachusetts.

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Career

Occupation: actor, orator, blogger, merchant, chief executive officer, writer, technology evangelist, business consultant.11 12

Resy

Vaynerchuk co-founded restaurant reservation app Resy, which was acquired by American Express in 2019. He is also a co-founder of winery Empathy Wines, which was acquired by Constellation Brands in 2020. Vaynerchuk is the creator and founder behind the VeeFriends1 and VeeFriends2 non-fungible token series.

Wine Library

After graduating from college in 1998, Vaynerchuk assumed responsibility of his father's liquor store, Shopper's Discount Liquors. He renamed the store 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. In August 2011, Vaynerchuk stepped away from the wine business to build VaynerMedia, a digital ad agency.

VaynerX

Vaynerchuk is the chairman of VaynerX, a communications company that holds media properties and technology companies.

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VaynerMedia

In 2009, Vaynerchuk and his brother AJ Vaynerchuk founded VaynerMedia, a social-media-focused digital agency. 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.

Gallery Media Group

In 2017, Vaynerchuk formed The Gallery, later renamed Gallery Media Group, a VaynerX subsidiary company that houses PureWow, male-oriented news outlet ONE37pm.com, and other media properties.

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Personal life

  • BornNov 14, 1975, Babruysk13
  • CitizenshipSoviet Union, United States14

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