Gary Vaynerchuk

About

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. 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.

== Early life ==
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.

== Career ==

=== Resy ===
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