Gary Vaynerchuk, a successful entrepreneur, investor and amazing keynote speaker will be rocking the stage at BRAND MINDS 2022.
Attend BRAND MINDS to learn how to crush it from the man himself:
- Scale-up ideas to grow your business in today’s digital world;
- Tactics to increase your business’ revenue by leveraging digital channels;
- Strategies on how to build efficient business partnerships;
- Actionable insights to amplify your company’s image.
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As of 2021, Gary Vaynerchuk’s net worth is estimated at $200 million
Gary Vaynerchuk is a successful serial entrepreneur, investor, bestselling author, social media mogul and gifted speaker.
He was born in Belarus and immigrated with his family to the US when he was 3 years old.
At age 7 he operated a lemonade franchise then made money by selling baseball cards and toys while in high school.
He joined his family’s liquor business when he was 14 and grew it from $3 million to $60 million in sales in 2003. It took him five years to achieve that.
How did he do it?
In 1996, he recognized the true power of the internet and turned his father’s business into one of the first e-commerce platforms in the US and renamed it WineLibrary.com. He built it with email marketing, Google Adwords and banner advertising, tools that the marketing industry did not believe in yet.
Attention is the asset and the internet owns it.
Gary Vaynerchuk
After jumping on the internet bandwagon early on, he made a second leap which skyrocketed his father’s wine business and put him on the right path to achieving business success: YouTube.
He started his channel, Wine Library TV four months after the video-sharing platform launched in 2005.
Going on YouTube was Gary’s second most-inspired business move.
In the Fall of 2017, Gary announced his first signature sneakers in collaboration with K-Swiss.
The GaryVee 001 & 002s were released in November 2017, the GaryVee 003s were released in July 2018 & the GaryVee 004s was released in late 2020.
Building an outstanding digital media empire
Recognizing where people’s attention is going is Gary’s strongest suit and the main factor of his success as an entrepreneur.
Gary is considered one of the leading global minds on what’s next in culture, relevance and the internet.
Known as @GaryVee he is described as one of the most forward thinkers in business – he acutely recognizes trends and patterns early to help others understand how these shifts impact markets and consumer behaviour.
In 2014 he ranked #1 on Forbes Top 40 Social Selling Market Masters and in 2015 he has been named to Fortune magazine’s 40 under 40 list of the Most Influential Business Leaders.
He has been featured in the New York Times, Fortune magazine, and Inc.
In 2016, he sat down with the legend Larry King on his show and talked about growing up as an entrepreneur, social media marketing and the importance of self-awareness in today’s world.
Gary’s newest venture – VaynerNFT
Launched in July 2021, VaynerNFT was created to develop market-leading NFT programs.
The company’s goal is to be at the forefront of the NFT revolution and build NFT projects designed for long-term value and brand building.
VaynerNFT’s first big client is Budweiser.
With the successful launch of VeeFriends—my personal NFT product—together with VaynerX’s understanding of what’s needed to move groundbreaking initiatives for some of the biggest brands in the world, we are excited to launch VaynerNFT and help brands innovate in the NFT world, starting with Budweiser as a first-of-its-kind partnership.
Gary Vaynerchuk
VaynerMedia works with Fortune 1000 brands to leverage consumer attention
Gary is the co-founder and CEO of VaynerMedia, a full-service global creative & media agency with more than 800 employees and high-profile clients like TikTok, Subway, Shell, Budweiser, Unicef, WeWork, Unilever and more.
He founded the agency in 2009 with his younger brother, AJ. True to his own DNA, Gary never raised startup funding and began the business in a conference room.
Nine years later, VaynerMedia has flourished into having built best-in-class capabilities in paid media, strategy, full-service creative, influencer marketing, IoT & Voice, eCommerce, personal branding, SMB marketing and in-house consulting.
In 2016, VaynerMedia invested $4M in MikMak, a platform that enables traditional brick-and-mortar brands to gain insights & view the activity of major online retailers.
In 2017 the company entered the publishing space by acquiring premiere women’s magazine PureWow and one year later, men’s lifestyle brand ONE37pm was launched.
If you’re first and you’re right, you make the most.
Gary Vaynerchuk
Successful Business Investor
Gary is a prolific business investor with early investments in companies such as Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Venmo, and Uber.
In 2014, he partnered with Matt Higgins from RSE Ventures to form a $25 million investment fund focusing on first-round financing and incubation. The fund has made over 30 investments and is currently incubating two companies that Gary is directly involved with: Resy and Faithbox.
Digital Expert and Media Icon – over 30 million followers across all platforms
Gary has seen the rise of social media early on and went all-in.
In his social media content, he shares his insights on NFTs and crypto-wallets, how to start a business, personal branding, the digital age, life hacks and more.
Marketing for the now is a content series designed to give business leaders, marketers and influencers a “view in” on what they need to be thinking about and how to take action.
5x New York Times Bestselling Author
Gary shares his ideas and insights on his social media accounts where he is hugely successful. There’s one problem with social media – it could disappear tomorrow whereas a printed book is still people’s preferred way to share knowledge.
Gary Vaynerchuk has written five books and they have all been featured on the New York Times Bestselling lists.
Crush It! is Gary’s first bestseller where he clearly established that the internet was a venue for turning your passion into your career. It’s an informative book that provides step-by-step instructions on how to use platforms like Twitter, Facebook, and Tumblr to develop a personal brand online.
The Thank You Economy offers compelling, data-driven evidence that we have entered into an entirely new business era. In this era, the companies that see the biggest returns won’t be the ones that can throw the most money at an advertising campaign but will be those that can prove they care about their customers more than anyone else.
Jab, Jab, Jab Right Hook is Gary’s third best-seller where he aims to show managers, marketers and small business owners how they should be outlining and approaching their social media strategies.
The #AskGaryVee book is the product of over a year’s worth of answering questions on business, entrepreneurship, social media, leadership and more on his YouTube show. This book is chock full of valuable and relevant insights that every marketer and business founder should read.
This book is Gary’s latest. In it, he offers new lessons and inspiration drawn from the experiences of dozens of influencers and entrepreneurs who pursued their dreams by building thriving businesses and extraordinary personal brands.
