Gary Vaynerchuk

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Mr. Gary Vaynerchuk is a Co-Founder & Co-Owner and serves as Chief Executive Officer & Board Member at The Fives. Mr. Vaynerchuk served as Advisor at Pub Ocean. He also served as Board Member at RIV Capital. Mr. Vaynerchuk served as a Board Member at Toikido. He is a Co-Founder & serves as Chief Executive Officer and Chairman at VaynerMedia. He is the Co-Founder of Resy. He served as a Board Member at MikMak. He Co-Founded Candy. He served as an Advisor at Ground Signal. He is the Founder & serves as Chief Executive Officer at VeeFriends. He served as an Advisory Board Member at HubSpot. He is a Co-Founder and serves as Chairman at VCR Group. He was a Co-Founder of Empathy Wines. He serves as a Board Member at Tracer. He also serves as a Board Member at Gymshark. He is the Chairman of VaynerX, a modern-day media and communications holding company, and the active Chief Executive Officer of VaynerMedia, a full-service advertising agency servicing Fortune 100 clients across the company's 4 locations. In addition to VaynerMedia, VaynerX also includes Gallery Media Group, which houses women's lifestyle brand PureWow and men's lifestyle brand ONE37pm. In addition to running VaynerMedia, he also serves as a partner in the athlete representation agency VaynerSports and the cannabis-focused branding and marketing agency Green Street. He co-founded the restaurant reservation app, Resy, which was acquired by American Express in 2019, as well as Empathy Wines, which was acquired by Constellation Brands in 2020. He is a board/advisory member of the Ad Council and Pencils of Promise and is a longtime Well Member of Charity: Water. He is a highly sought-after public speaker, a 5-time New York Times bestselling author, as well as a prolific angel investor with early investments in companies such as Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Venmo, and Uber. He serves on the Board of Directors at Bojangles' Inc. He served as an Advisor at Politiscope. He serves as an Advisor at Penrose Hill. He is a Co-Founder and serves as a Partner at Vayner/RSE. He is also a Co-Founder of Brave Ventures. He rose to prominence in the late '90s after establishing one of the first e-commerce wine sites, WineLibrary, helping his father grow the family business from 4 to 60MM in sales. He is also one of the most sought-after public speakers alive today. He is a venture capitalist, a 4-time New York Times bestselling author, and an early investor in companies such as Twitter, Tumblr, Venmo, and Uber. He has been named to both Crain's and Fortune's 40 Under 40 lists. He is currently the subject of DailyVee, an online documentary series highlighting what it's like to be a Chief Executive Officer and public figure in today's digital world. He is also the host of #AskGaryVee, a business and advice Q&A show online. He has a degree from Mount Ida College. He is an Angel Investor. He served as an Advisor at Firstleaf.