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Gary Vaynerchuk
CEO of VaynerX & Founder of VaynerMedia
Entrepreneurship · Marketing · Social Media
Speaking Fee
$100,000+
Based In
United States
Signature Topic
Entrepreneurship & Marketing
Format
Keynote
About Gary
Gary Vaynerchuk was born in Babruysk, in what is now Belarus, and arrived in New York at three through refugee resettlement. In 1998 he took over his father's liquor store, rebranded it Wine Library, moved it online, and launched Wine Library TV in 2006. The business grew from roughly $3 million a year to $60 million before he left it in 2011.
He founded VaynerMedia in 2009 with his brother AJ. It now sits inside VaynerX alongside the publishing arm Gallery Media Group, formed in 2017, which owns PureWow and ONE37pm, and the group employs more than 800 people across ten offices worldwide. Client work has included PepsiCo, GE, Johnson & Johnson, Chase, and AB InBev.
He has written five New York Times bestsellers, starting with Crush It! (2009) after a HarperCollins deal that followed his 2008 Web 2.0 keynote, and continuing through The Thank You Economy (2011), Jab, Jab, Jab, Right Hook (2013), #AskGaryVee (2016) and Crushing It! (2018). Twelve and a Half (2021) turned to the emotional skills he credits for the business results, and Day Trading Attention (2024) is the current statement of the argument he has been making since Wine Library: that attention is the underpriced asset and that most brands are buying it in the wrong places.
As an operator he co-founded Resy, acquired by American Express in 2019, and Empathy Wines, acquired by Constellation Brands in 2020, and in 2021 he created VeeFriends, whose original drawings sold for $1.2 million at Christie's. The method behind all of it is the one he teaches: he built the audience by publishing daily, from Wine Library TV through The #AskGaryVee Show in 2014 and DailyVee from 2015, and the material on stage is that practice described from the inside.
On stage he is a high-energy speaker on attention, personal brand, and where consumer behavior is actually moving, and the sessions are known for extended audience questions, which are usually the strongest part. He is booked for marketing and sales audiences first, but the argument applies to any organization whose customers are on a platform it is not yet taking seriously. Organizers most often give him the closing slot, because the room does not settle down afterward.
Keynote Topics
Winning Attention in a Saturated Market
Building a Personal Brand That Compounds
Social Media Strategy for Modern Brands
Entrepreneurship, Patience & Long-Term Bets
Best For
- Marketing and advertising conferences
- Sales and revenue kickoffs
- Entrepreneurship and startup summits
- Retail and consumer brand events
- Company all-hands seeking a high-energy close
Booking Gary Vaynerchuk: Frequently Asked Questions
What is Gary Vaynerchuk's speaking fee?
Gary Vaynerchuk's fee starts around $100,000 and is quoted per event, moving with event date, location and travel, session length, whether a workshop, breakout or moderated Q&A is added to the keynote, and whether book copies or licensed follow-up material are included. Submit an inquiry with your date and audience for a current figure.
What topics does Gary Vaynerchuk speak on?
Winning attention in a saturated market, building a personal brand that compounds, social media strategy for modern brands, and entrepreneurship, patience and long-term bets. The delivery is direct and unfiltered, which is part of why he is booked.
Is Gary Vaynerchuk a fit for a B2B audience?
He works with B2B audiences regularly, though the attention and brand material lands differently for a long sales-cycle business than for a consumer brand. If your audience is B2B, put that in the brief so the framing is set up front rather than left to chance.
What is his session format?
A keynote, delivered without a script and frequently opened up to extended audience questions, which are often the strongest part of the session. Organizers tend to give him the closing slot of a day or an event for that reason. Tell us the slot and the audience and we will confirm what fits.
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