Gary Vaynerchuk is coming to
BRAND MINDS 2020
World-famous entrepreneur Gary Vaynerchuk is a keynote speaker for BRAND MINDS 2020.
We are thrilled to have him on stage at our business conference in Bucharest, so here’s what you should know about him.
As of 2019, Gary Vaynerchuk is worth an estimated $160 million
Gary Vaynerchuk is a successful serial entrepreneur, investor, best-selling author, social media mogul and a 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.
Gary Vaynerchuk has built a media empire
Recognizing where people’s attention is going is Gary’s strongest suit and the main factor of his success as an entrepreneur.
He is one of the most influential businessmen in the global business world but he says his businesses don’t depend on his reputation as an influencer.
I am so business talented that being GaryVee is my side hustle. I do not need to make money by being an influencer, whether that is selling people courses or T-shirts, or using it as a way to get speaking fees, or to get clients for VaynerMedia. I need none of it. If I were completely not an influencer, VaynerMedia would still be a $100 million company, just like Wine Library was built into a massive company by a 20-year-old with zero influence.
Gary Vaynerchuk (quote source)
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 Larry King Now and talked about growing up as an entrepreneur, social media marketing and the importance of self-awareness in today’s world.
VaynerMedia — $218.3 million in estimated revenue annually
Gary Vaynerchuk is the chairman of VaynerX, a modern-day media and communications holding company. VaynerX is the parent company of
- VaynerMedia,
- Tracer,
- Gallery Media Group,
- The Sasha Group,
- Vayner Productions,
- VaynerSpeakers.
VaynerMedia is a full-service global agency built for the now with high-profile clients like Mountain Dew, Budweiser and Shell.
Gary founded the agency in 2009 with his younger brother, AJ. According to Crunchbase, the company pulls in $218 million in revenue annually.
Here is the agency’s latest work for Budweiser:
Tracer is a data platform for marketing efficiency. The company’s technology was born out of the challenges facing today’s marketers. The platform provides transparency into the performance of their clients’ investments through cross-platform data, with context specific to their business. Tracer has a proven track record of empowering better decisions with over $750 million traced across more than 50 brands globally.
Gallery Media Group is a portfolio of media brands defining cultural zeitgeist.
The Sasha Group is named after Gary’s father, Sasha. Gary founded this company to honour his dad’s entrepreneurial spirit and help small businesses unlock explosive growth. The Sasha Group offers workshops to teach businesses the fundamentals and empowers them to handle digital marketing on their own.
Vayner Productions is a production lab specializing in the creation of bold storytelling content that grabs the consumers and cultures attention. The production lab is powered by the brightest creative talent and the latest technology. From production to editorial, post-production, motion & visual effects and in-house studios, Vayner Productions tackles all phases of content development.
VaynerSpeakers is a traditional speakers bureau built to help the modern event planner. They consult with organizations hosting events to help provide speakers that will impact audiences in a meaningful way.
A prolific Angel Investor
Gary is a prolific angel 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 16 million combined followers on social media
Youtube
Gary has seen the rise of social media early on and went all-in. He came to YouTube first because he saw its huge potential and directed his attention and his efforts to this platform. And it paid off.
Gary’s YouTube channel has now 2.34 million subscribers and features 7 video series:
- Gary Vaynerchuk Original Films,
- DailyVee,
- #AskGaryVeeShow,
- Gary Vaynerchuk Keynote Speeches,
- GaryVee Censored / Curse Free GaryVee,
- Rants,
- Business Meetings with GaryVee.
In his YouTube videos, he shares his insights on how to start, smart things to do with money, how successful business think, his biggest struggle and how to sell anything on Facebook and Instagram etc.
His most popular video has a viewership of over 5 million and is called One Life, No Regrets.
DailyVee is Gary’s daily vlog series where he documents his life as an Entrepreneur and CEO of VaynerX.
Here he talks social media trends and shares his ideas on business challenges: what to do about Instagram’s declining organic reach, how TikTok offers a huge advantage right now, how disruptive innovation is changing the world, the 4 people every startup needs etc.
#AskGaryVee is the show where he answers questions from the audience about marketing, social media, entrepreneurship, and everything in between.
He also invites successful business people and celebrities to talk about their business journey. So far he’s had Ray Dalio, Bethany Frankel, Tim Ferriss, Tony Robbins, Simon Sinek, Arianna Huffington, Seth Godin and others.
Gary has 3,4 million followers on his Facebook page which he started ten years ago. He also runs a Facebook private group called First in line, which he created to bring value to like-minded individuals and to provide first access / exclusive content for those in the group.
On his Facebook page, Gary talks about subjects like compassion and how the secret to happiness is kindness.
He urges his followers to find insights on themselves every day and stop being scared of doing what they want to do. He teaches them how to build a big company long-term and how losing and winning both matters.
If you’re first and you’re right, you make the most.
Gary Vaynerchuk
On LinkedIn, Gary Vaynerchuk is followed by 3.52 million professionals.
He believes LinkedIn is the new Facebook and encourages everyone, from marketers to brand managers to CEOs to leverage the power of this professional platform.
Aside from sharing his branded content (images and videos), Gary posts content specifically designed for LinkedIn: comic strips. Check the link below!
Gary’s profile on Instagram has 6.9 followers now.
If you are looking to grow as big as Gary, implement his $1,80 Instagram strategy.
What is the $1,80 strategy?
It is leaving your personal .02 cents on the top 9 trending Instagram posts for 10 different hashtags that are relevant to your brand or business every single day.
5-time 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!: Why NOW Is the Time to Cash In on Your Passion (2009)
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 which 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 (2011)
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: How to tell your story in a noisy social world (2013)
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.
#AskGaryVee: One Entrepreneur’s Take on Leadership, Social Media, and Self-Awareness Hardcover (2016)
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.
Crushing It! How Great Entrepreneurs Build Their Business and Influence-and How You Can, Too (2018)
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.
Podcast Host
Gary also hosts a global top 100 business podcast, The GaryVee Audio Experience, which features new episodes every day.
Gary’s Mission
Gary’s mission is to try to impact entrepreneurs and people with a positive and practical mindset.
He supports twenty-year-olds as well as forty-year-olds. He tells the first to be patient and put in the work and the latter to start their own companies because they have experience and context.
Stop complaining. Figure out who you are. Triple down at what you’re good at. Don’t imitate others. Figure out what puts you on fire. If you’re good at what you like, become tunnel vision. There are way too many voices telling you what you should do and how you should do it. Don’t listen to them. Have the conversation with the person who’s holding you back. Stop worrying about the opinion of others, may they be your friends, your spouse or your colleagues.
Gary Vaynerchuk
Be a #worldchanger — Come and see Gary Vaynerchuk LIVE at BRAND MINDS 2020!
