Gary Vaynerchuk - Gary Vaynerchuk was born in Babruysk, U.S.S.R. (today Belarus) on November 14, 1975 and emigrated to the U.S. in 1978. He graduated from Mount Ida College in Newton, MA. From a platform as co-owner and Director of Operations of Wine Library, a wine retail shop in Springfield, New Jersey, Vaynerchuk gained fame as the host of Wine Library TV, a daily internet webcast on the subject of wine.
Called the "king of social media", he is one of the first Facebook users to max out his friend limit, with over 17,000 pending friend requests. He is in the top 100 people followed on Twitter and was the keynote speaker at events like the 2009 South by Southwest Interactive conference and the New Media and Web 2.0 expos.
Do you have a hobby you wish you could do all day? An obsession that keeps you up at night?
Meet Gary Vaynerchuk, a 33-year-old self-trained wine and social media expert who has revolutionized the wine industry. Gary's cult-like following is the result of his unconventional, often irreverent commentary on wine, combined with his business acumen and foresight to use social media tools like Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube to reach an untapped audience.
He hosts a daily webcast called "The Thunder Show" on tv.winelibrary.com that attracts over 90,000 viewers each day. Recently, his podcast become the most downloaded show on iTunes in the Food category, beating out venerable names in the industry including Martha Stewart and Jamie Oliver.
Called the "king of social media," Gary is one of the first Facebook users to max out his friend limit, with over 17,000 pending friend requests. He is in the top 100 people followed on Twitter and was the keynote speaker at events like the 2009 South of Southwest Interactive conference and the New Media and Web 2.0 expos.
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Thanks for sharing... I enjoyed the talk at U of T in Toronto on this tour & it's nice to have simular talk to review again along with sharing with my friends on facebook. ( That's proof of the "tribes" - word of mouth economy )
I am also glad to discover this site as well for a new stream of great content! Kool Beans!
Actually the fact I discovered this site is also proof of Gary's message of the power of the word of mouth today... as I checked out a link from one of Gary's tweets... and glad I did!
Why is he so obnoxious ? I guess he may have a point but it's only one view amongst several others but he makes it sound like we still live in Bush's world in spite of being in a "thank you" economy - you're with us or against us. I'm sorry that's not how the world is.
He makes a good point, but honestly within the last 10 years or so, I've become more disillusioned with the web. This was especially true a couple of weeks ago, when I picked up a copy of Newsweek and started reading. There is some excellent writing in old media, which I rediscovered when I picked up that magazine. I also really like reading print vs. the web. There are too many distractions, and it's hard on the eyes.