Gary Vaynerchuk

If you’ve seen too bad with a rather explicit sales connotation, and it’s probably been made by Gary Vaynerchuk. Gary Vaynerchuk is one of the most influential social media strategists in our day and age. With his talent and persuasion, he grew his family wine business from 3 million to 60 million dollars in only five years. Vaynermedia, created by Vaynerchuk, is a booming digital agency with more than 500 employees. He’s spoken at massive events, published books, and is a massive social media inspiration. He’s now worth 160 million dollars, but don’t get it wrong, the bulk of his success has come from his ability to inspire and persuade people. Using mostly unconventional methods, Vaynerchuk is amazing at producing engaging in bite-size videos published on social media such as LinkedIn, Facebook, Snapchat, and Instagram. He has started multiple companies as well as a digital marketing agency.

Vaynerchuk’s story begins in Russia. His family has the typical immigrant entrepreneurs story, they moved from Russia to Edison, New Jersey when he was a a boy. Not afraid of putting in hard work, he began his entrepreneurial journey selling baseball cards and making thousands of dollars his father began having him work in the family business on weekends which grew his work ethic even more. After graduating high school, bunch of a college called Mount Ida College in Boston Massachusetts. College taught Vaynerchuck lots of things, when he returned home he was able to grow his family’s wine business using the skills that he learned while he was being educated. He grew the business from 6 million dollars in revenue to over 60 million dollars a year.

He then began to share his methods on social media on YouTube, creating a huge following. He’s now responsible for inspiring countless entrepreneurs to pursue their dreams, and created a name for himself that will go down for decades.