Gary Vaynerchuk: Chairman of VaynerX and Co-founder of Resy
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Gary Vaynerchuk grew his family's wine store, then became a digital marketing leader through VaynerMedia and co-founded Resy, which American Express acquired in 2019.
About Gary Vaynerchuk: Chairman of VaynerX and Co-founder of Resy
Gary Vaynerchuk (born Gennady Alexandrovich Vaynerchuk on November 14, 1975, in Babruysk, Soviet Union, today part of Belarus), known as Gary Vee, is an American businessman, author, speaker and internet personality. He is a co-founder of the restaurant reservation software company Resy and of Empathy Wines. First known as a wine critic who expanded his family's wine business, he is now better known for digital marketing and social media, as chairman of the New York communications company VaynerX and CEO of its subsidiary VaynerMedia. Vaynerchuk arrived in New York City via the US Refugee Resettlement program in 1978, at age three, and was raised in Queens before moving to Edison, New Jersey. At 14 he joined his family's retail wine business, and after the family moved he graduated from North Hunterdon High School. In 1998 he earned a bachelor's degree in management science from Mount Ida College in Newton, Massachusetts, and after graduating he took responsibility for his father's liquor store business, which he built into the Wine Library. He co-founded Resy, acquired by American Express in 2019, and the winery Empathy Wines, acquired by Constellation Brands in 2020. He is also the creator of the VeeFriends non-fungible token series. Sources: English Wikipedia (Gary Vaynerchuk, accessed September 2026).
Basic Information
Chairman, VaynerX; CEO, VaynerMedia; co-founder, Resy
Company Details
VaynerX / VaynerMedia
Digital Marketing, Media, Hospitality Technology
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