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By scaling his family's liquor store from $3M to $60M through early internet marketing, then building VaynerMedia into a 1,800-person global agency, Vaynerchuk has turned platform-first thinking into a repeatable business model.
Gary Vaynerchuk is Chairman of VaynerX, a media and communications holding company, and CEO of VaynerMedia, a digital marketing agency serving Fortune 500 clients with over 1,800 employees worldwide.
Born in Belarus and raised in New Jersey, he grew his family's liquor store from $3 million to $60 million through early internet marketing and Wine Library TV. Through VaynerFund he has invested in Facebook, Twitter, Uber, and Coinbase.
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