Gary Vaynerchuk is an entrepreneur who founded VeeFriends and co-founded VaynerMedia, serving as CEO of both. He also serves as Chairman of VaynerX, a communications holding company whose subsidiaries include VaynerMedia and Gallery Media Group, which he founded. Gary Vaynerchuk's Twitter Score is 704 out of 1000 (an Excellent rating) as of October 2026, ranking #115 (top 0.1%) out of 493,607 accounts tracked, with 3,100,287 followers as of October 2026 and 234,532 posts.
Gary Vaynerchuk built VeeFriends as an entertainment company centered on 250+ original characters combining storytelling, collectibles, content, and fan-driven experiences. VeeFriends Series 1 launched May 11, 2021 on Ethereum with 10,255 hand-drawn NFTs representing 268 characters illustrated by him; holders received access to VeeCon 2022, 2023, and 2024, an NFT-gated conference-festival he founded. VeeFriends Series 2 followed on April 18, 2022 with 55,555 NFTs. On October 1, 2021, five original VeeFriends artworks sold at a Christie's Post-War to Present auction for just over $1.2 million, including Empathetic Elephant at $412,500 and Diamond Hands at $162,500. In January 2022, Gary Vaynerchuk launched BOOK GAMES, a collection of 125,000 burnable NFTs tied to purchasing copies of his book Twelve and a Half; in February 2023, he introduced Burn Island, which lets collectors burn VeeFriends NFTs for physical collectibles and other rewards.
Gary Vaynerchuk co-founded Resy with Ben Leventhal and Michael Montero in 2014; the platform was acquired by American Express in 2019. He also co-founded Empathy Wines, acquired by Constellation Brands in 2020. As an angel investor, Gary Vaynerchuk made early bets on Twitter, Facebook, and Venmo. His tracked crypto and investment portfolio includes Roll, Sorare, RECUR, Swoops, Metalink, Quantum Art, Thirdweb and Eternal.gg. Gary Vaynerchuk has been mentioned by 4,065 accounts, generating 21,814 total mentions on the platform.
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Gary Vaynerchuk attracts a broad mix of crypto participants and business operators among his followers on Twitter. The accounts that follow Gary Vaynerchuk include 2,889 founders, 616 angel investors, 1,925 influencers and 77 VCs, among them Chris Dixon, Toly, Nikita Bier, Ansem, Cobie and Laura Shin.