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> I blame Gary Vaynerchuk, the born wealthy marketing hustler I’m not one to defend GV, but I don’t think I would call being born in Soviet Belarus in 1975 and
by csa 5y ago
> I blame Gary Vaynerchuk, the born wealthy marketing hustler
I’m not one to defend GV, but I don’t think I would call being born in Soviet Belarus in 1975 and coming to the US in 1978 at the age of 3 as being “born wealthy”.
Maybe their family had some connections. Maybe his family turned those connections into a healthy (upper?) middle class life ($3m of sales at a discount liquor store in NJ is not “wealthy”).
Anyway, regardless of how one views GV, seeing what his family did and what he did ($3m to $60m annual sales in 5 years) is impressive.
Let’s give credit where credit is due.
- olivermarks 5y agoI think Vaynerchuk is a pretty obnoxious, fake kind of person and his business does not have a healthy reputation amongst those who worked there.
- paulpauper 5y agoI get used car salesman vibe from him, and him inheriting a wine business gave him a more solid footing starting out than most. He made a lot of $ from vc too. Does not take a genius to sink a couple k into Facebook and Uber and get rich. I would have too if the opptunity presented itself to me.