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Gary Vaynerchuk, commonly known as Gary Vee, is a Belarusian-American entrepreneur, author, speaker, and Internet personality. He is a co-founder of the restaurant reservation software company Resy and Empathy Wines. 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.
He has attained enormous success in the digital-marketing and social-media space. As a teenager, he started getting involved in several small-time business deals, such as selling baseball cards and flowers, and started earning quite a lot of money. He then joined his family’s retail-wine business and subsequently graduated from ‘Mount Ida University’ in Massachusetts.
He took over the reins of his father’s retail company and turned it into a highly successful e-commerce business. He laid the foundation of ‘Wine Library,’ ‘VaynerMedia,’ and ‘The Gallery.’ He made some successful investments as an angel investor, and his business expertise helped many companies flourish. In 2009, Gary ventured into authorship and signed a deal with Harper Studio for 10 books. He has written six books until now. Known as the “first wine guru of the YouTube era,” Gary has also made numerous TV appearances over the years.
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Gary worked at his father’s liquor shop throughout his high-school and college years. He was given the control of their store, ‘Shopper’s Discount Liquors,’ located in Springfield, New Jersey. However, Gary knew that e-commerce was a fast-growing industry, and he thus wanted to reap the benefits from it. This led to the idea that transformed his father’s business.
Gary started an online store and renamed it ‘Wine Library.’ For further promotions, he also started a ‘YouTube’ channel named ‘Wine Library TV,’ a daily webcast where he discussed different types of wines. Rebranded in the mid-2000s, the family business grew by leaps and bounds. While it was valued at $3 million earlier, by 2005, the business reached a valuation of $60 million.
In 2006, he also started a regular video blog on ‘YouTube’ called ‘Wine Library TV,’ which featured Gary as he gave wine reviews, tasted various types of wines, and offered advices. In 2011, the show completed 1000 episodes. It was then replaced with a daily podcast titled ‘The Daily Grape.’ It is believed that this video podcast series played a huge role in increasing the popularity of Gary’s wine business.
Thrilled with the success of this venture, Gary realized that online marketing was the way to follow. In 2009, he laid the foundation of ‘VaynerMedia,’ in partnership with his younger brother, AJ. The company was initially a low-capital venture, but soon became a multi-million-dollar enterprise.
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‘VaynerMedia’ provides services related to paid media, media strategies, influencer marketing, e-commerce strategies, personal branding, and SMB marketing. It essentially covers all the aspects of online marketing. With clients such as ‘PepsiCo,’ ‘General Electric,’ and ‘Johnson & Johnson,’ the company has established itself as one of the top international players in the sector.
Within a few years of its foundation, the company made it to the list of ‘AdAge’s A-list agencies in 2015. The following year, the company grew tremendously, with an annual gross revenue of $100 million and 600 employees. The company also bagged a partnership with ‘Vimeo’ to connect filmmakers and brands for online content.
Gary took over a company named ‘PureWow’ in 2017 and renamed it ‘The Gallery.’ A new company was thus formed after adding several elements to ‘PureWow.’ Apart from running his own enterprises, Gary has acted as an angel investor for dozens of start-ups and well-established companies.
Some of the major companies that he has invested in are ‘Facebook,’ ‘Venmo,’ and ‘Twitter.’ ‘Entrepreneur,’ a reputed American magazine, estimated Gary’s net worth in 2017 to be $160 million. A few other ventures credited to Gary are ‘VaynerRSE,’ ‘BRaVe Ventures,’ and ‘VaynerSports.’
Gary has also shown an active interest in mass media. He appeared on the TV show ‘Planet of the Apps’ in 2017. The series focused on young app developers, as they presented their ideas to judges. Gary was one of the recurring members of the cast, who judged and guided the participants.
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In 2014, Gary launched a ‘YouTube’ series called ‘The #AskGaryVee Show.’ Gary did not hire professionals to create the show and used his in-house team instead. The questions were taken from ‘Instagram’ and ‘Twitter,’ and Gary answered them.
In 2015, Gary started a regular video-documentary series called ‘DailyVee.’ The series portrayed Gary’s life as a businessman, as he recorded himself live, interviewed others, and broadcast investor meetings. Gary wanted to make his company’s workings as transparent to the public as he could, and the show helped him do that.
Gary has also written six books until now. In 2009, he signed a deal with ‘HarperStudio’ for writing 10 books. His first book, ‘Crush it! Why Now is the Time to Cash in on Your Passion,’ became a bestseller. The remaining five books, which were also based on entrepreneurship, became moderately successful.
Gary Vaynerchuk’s inspiring success story has been published in ‘The New York Times,’ ‘The Wall Street Journal,’ ‘Time,’ and ‘GQ.’ In 2011, ‘The Wall Street Journal’ named Gary on their list of ‘Twitter’s Small-Business Big Shots.’ ‘Bloomberg Businessweek’ included him on their list of the ‘20 People Every Entrepreneur Should Follow.’ In 2014, he was listed on ‘Fortune’s ‘40 Under 40’ list.
One social media, Gary mostly post snippets of his talks and speeches, while also including promotional content from his companies and books. He has earned over 14.9 million followers on TikTok, 3.1 million followers, 10 million followers on Instagram, and 3.9 million subscribers on YouTube.
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Gary’s net worth is courted to be an estimated $200 million. Most of Gary’s earnings come from his businesses while some subsidiary earnings from his authorship, speaking events, and social media presence as a content creator.
Gary Vee owns two highly successful companies. He is the chairman of VaynerX, a modern-day media and communications holding company, and the active CEO of VaynerMedia, a full-service advertising agency servicing Fortune 100 clients across the company’s 5 locations.
In the late 90s, after identifying “the internet” as a land-grab opportunity, Gary transitioned his father’s local liquor store into one of the first wine e-commerce platforms, resulting in growing the family business from $3 million - $60 million in sales during a 5-year period. We do not know how much he could earn from these ventures.
On TikTok, the creator could potentially earn upwards of an estimated $7k per post, excluding brand-sponsored deals. On Instagram, he could earn upwards of an estimated $25k for a brand-sponsored post. On YouTube, his average earnings are around the $2k mark per video, excluding brand-sponsored deals, for which he could charge upwards of $4k per video.
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Gary Vee has written several books such as Twelve and a Half: Leveraging the Emotional Ingredients Necessary for Business Success in 2021, Crush It!: Why NOW Is the Time to Cash In on Your Passion in 2009, Crushing It!: How Great Entrepreneurs Build Their Business and Influence-and How You Can, Too in 2018, #AskGaryVee: One Entrepreneur's Take on Leadership, Social Media, and Self-Awareness in 2016, Jab, Jab, Jab, Right Hook in 2013, The Thank-you Economy in 2011, Why Now Is the Time to Cash In on Your Passion, Gary Vaynerchuk's 101 Wines: Guaranteed to Inspire, Delight, and Bring Thunder to Your World in 2008, and Sideways: A Decade Under the Influence of the World's Greatest Wine Story: Tenth Anniversary Collectors Edition in 2014. Most of these books have been every well received and could have easily made Gary over the 7-figure mark in earnings.
Gary Vee is also known for his public speaking. He has spoken in several forums, talks shows, podcasts, seminars, conferences, and other events. Gary Vee could charge upwards of the 6-figure mark for each session. This is speculative, as we do not have any information on how much he could earn from this venture.
Gary’s dominance on social media is very evident with over 14.9 million TikTok followers, while on Instagram he has over 10 million followers, and on Twitter and YouTube, he has 3.1 million followers and 3.94 million subscribers.
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Gary Vaynerchuk was born on November 14, 1975, in Babruysk in the Soviet Union, part of Belarus today, and immigrated to New York City in the United States in 1978 at the age of three. He is of Ashkenazi Jewish descent. Growing up, Vaynerchuk lived in New York City's Queens borough and later moved to Edison, New Jersey.
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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. Vaynerchuk got married to Lizzie in 2004, and the couple has been together ever since. They have a daughter, Misha Eva, and a son, Xander Avi.
Here are some of Gary Vee’s top TikTok videos.
One of Gary Vee’s most viewed videos on TikTok with over 54 million views.
Another popular video on Gary’s profile with over 1.4 million views.
One of Gary’s most engaging videos on Gary’s TikTok profile.
Another popular video by Gary Vee.
Another popular video on Gary Vee’s TikTok profile.
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A. Gary Vaynerchuk, commonly known as Gary Vee, is a Belarusian-American entrepreneur, author, speaker, and Internet personality. He is a co-founder of the restaurant reservation software company Resy and Empathy Wines.
A. Gary Vaynerchuk was born on November 14, 1975, he is presently 47 years old.
A. Gary Vee’s wife is Lizzie Vaynerchuk.
A. Gary Vee was born in Babruysk in the Soviet Union, currently part of Belarus, and now lives in New York City.
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