Born in Belarus, Russia, on November 14, 1975, the 45-year-old businessman, who is better known by his stage name Gary Vee, is also an author of numerous books and a frequent public lecturer on subjects including social media, e-commerce, and brand development.

Vaynerchuk is the creator of VaynerMedia, Empathy Wines, and Resy as well as the chairman of VaynerX, a communications firm with over 800 employees and annual sales of $130 million.

He has twelve different well-established businesses which generate income for him.

In addition to Empathy Wines, he is a co-founder of Resy, a firm that makes software for reservations at restaurants.

Initially recognized as a wine critic who helped his family’s wine firm grow, Vaynerchuk is now more known for his work in social media marketing and digital marketing as the chairman of the New York-based communications company VaynerX and as the CEO of VaynerX subsidiary VaynerMedia.

Parents and Siblings

Sasha Vaynerchuk, his father is a liquor Business owner and Tamara Vaynerchuk is his mother.

His siblings are AJ Vaynerchuk (brother) and Liz Novello (sister).

Spouse and Children

He had two kids with ex-wife, Lizzie who are Misha Ava Vaynerchuk and Xander Avi Vaynerchuk.