Gary Vaynerchuk

=Gary Vaynerchuk= Gennady Vaynerchuk, better known by his online alias Gary Vee, is a Belarusian-American entrepreneur, author, speaker, and Internet sensation. He was born in the United States on November 14, 1975. He is a co-founder of Empathy Wines and Resy, a provider of restaurant reservation software. As the chairman of the New York-based communications company VaynerX and the CEO of VaynerX's subsidiary VaynerMedia, Vaynerchuk is now better known for his work in digital marketing and social media than for his earlier reputation as a wine critic who built his family's wine business.

Early life
Vaynerchuk moved to New York City, New York, in 1978 when he was three years old. He was born in Babruysk, a city in the Soviet Union (now a part of Belarus). He is a Jew of Ashkenazi origin. Vaynerchuk grew up in the Queens neighborhood of New York City and eventually relocated to Edison, New Jersey. He joined his family's retail wine business at the age of 14. He graduated from North Hunterdon High School after his family relocated. Vaynerchuk earned a bachelor's degree in management science from Newton, Massachusetts' Mount Ida College in 1998.

Career
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 also the creator, founder and artist behind VeeFriends, the non-fungible token series.

Wine Library
After graduating from college in 1998, Vaynerchuk took charge 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.

VaynerMedia
Gary Vaynerchuk at Internet Week 2015 in New York In 2009, Vaynerchuk, along with 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.

Personal life
Gary Vaynerchuk to exponentially grow his business, the internet also helped him to find the love of his life. In 2003, he met his wife Lizzie on Jdate, an online dating service meant for Jewish singles. Thanks to his intuition, on the very first day, Gary Vaynerchuk knew that she was his perfect life partner. On 13 November 2004, he married Lizzie and this couple is blessed with a son Xander Avi Vaynerchuk and a daughter Misha Ava Vaynerchuk.