Books Recommended by Gary Vaynerchuk
Gary Vaynerchuk is a Belarusian-American entrepreneur, best-selling author, and internet personality. He’s also an angel investor in companies such as Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr and Uber.
Gary is chairman of VaynerX, a modern day communications parent company. VaynerX is CEO of all sorts of companies, from womențs magazine PureWow, to cannabis-focused branding and marketing agency Green Street.
Gary moved to USA when he was only 3 years old. He started managing his family’s wine business in 99’ and 6 years later the business increased its profit from $3M to $60M, by turning it from a local liquor store into one of the first e-commerce platforms in the USA. The following year, Gary started The Wine Library TV, a daily webcast covering wine.
In 2009, Gary and his brother AJ founded VaynerMedia, an agency providing mostly social media services. By 2016, the company had 600 employees and grossed $100M in revenue. In 2017, VaynerMedia was restructured into VaynerX.
Same year when starting the business with his brother, Gary released his first book titled Crush It! Why Now is the Time to Cash in on your Passion, which quickly became a bestseller. Until now, Gary has published 5 books, marking impressive sales.
Gary is also renowned for his online projects, for instance DailyVee, a daily (quite obvious) vlog on Youtube where he pictures his life as a businessman, and the Youtube Q&A show #AskGaryVee.