Gary Vaynerchuk is a serial entrepreneur and serves as the Chairman of VaynerX, the CEO of VaynerMedia, and the Creator & CEO of VeeFriends. Gary is considered one of the leading global minds on what’s next in culture, business, and the internet. Known as “GaryVee,” he is described as one of the most forward thinkers in business. He acutely recognizes trends and patterns early to help others understand how shifts in consumer attention impact the realities of the business world today.

Gary’s approach sits at the intersection of business and pop culture. He keenly understands how to bring brand relevance to the forefront. He is a prolific angel investor with early investments in companies like Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Venmo, Snapchat, Coinbase, and Uber.

This year, Gary will unveil two new books: his seventh book, Day-Trading Attention (set to be published on May 21, 2024), and his first children’s picture book Meet Me in the Middle (set for July 16, 2024). In Day-Trading Attention, he provides fresh insights into navigating the modern social media landscape, emphasizing storytelling and mastering underpriced attention channels. He highlights the “TikTokification of Social Media,” where content relevance surpasses follower counts. Meanwhile, Meet Me in the Middle features VeeFriends characters Eager Eagle and Patient Pig, exploring emotional intelligence and empathy for children.

Gary is an entrepreneur at heart—he builds businesses. Today, he helps Fortune 1000 brands leverage consumer attention through his full-service advertising agency, VaynerMedia, which has offices in New York, Los Angeles, Toronto, Mexico City, London, Amsterdam, Sydney, Singapore, Tokyo, Bangkok, and Kuala Lumpur. VaynerMedia is part of the VaynerX holding company, which also includes Eva Nosidam Productions, Gallery Media Group, The Sasha Group, VaynerSpeakers, VaynerCommerce, and Tingley Lane Trading.

Gary is also the Co-Founder of VaynerSports, Resy, and Empathy Wines—two of which he successfully exited, with Resy acquired by American Express and Empathy Wines by Constellation Brands. He is also the Co-Founder of VCR Group, VaynerWatt, and ArtOfficial.

Gary owns a Major League Pickleball team called the 5s, is part owner of a Big3 basketball team, and an investor in the revival of the SlamBall League. He is also the founder and creator of VeeCon, a contemporary super-conference that converges business and pop culture with innovation and technology.

In addition to running multiple businesses, Gary documents his daily life as a CEO through his social media channels, which have more than 44 million followers and garner over 300 million monthly impressions/views across all platforms. His podcast, The GaryVee Audio Experience, ranks among the top podcasts globally.

Gary serves on the board of MikMak, Bojangles Restaurants, Global Citizen Forum, and Pencils of Promise. He is also a longtime Well Member of Charity: Water. His life ambition is to buy the New York Jets.

Randi Zuckerberg has long been a pioneer in both technology and media. As an early employee at Facebook and the creator of Facebook Live, she was on the front lines of shaping the social internet and how billions of people interact with content. Her lifelong passion for the arts paired with her career in tech has been pivotal in her quest to help families navigate the complexities of an increasingly digital landscape.

Now, her unique skill set is more valuable than ever as these worlds collide with the emergence of artificial intelligence and blockchain technology. As both an early adopter and prominent voice for women in crypto-adoption, Randi knows firsthand that these disruptive technologies offer unparalleled opportunities for autonomy, ownership, and financial success to creators and consumers alike.

In response to the crypto market’s growing gap in diversity, inclusion, and accessibility, Randi founded HUG in early 2022 with the mission of empowering artists to become successful creative entrepreneurs. HUG is an inclusive social platform that provides artists with tooling to showcase and sell both physical and digital work, while also connecting them with one another and one-of-a-kind opportunities for their art.

As of 2024, Randi’s leadership has led HUG to become a global community of more than 20,000 artists from 160 countries and counting, with Randi having personally mentored over a thousand of them with their crypto-enabled businesses. HUG continues to support artists through its three core tenets of discovery, opportunity, and education, and has placed thousands of independent artists in their first exhibitions in over 20 cities worldwide. HUG has also distributed over $200,000 in grants and scholarships directly to independent creators, and continues to partner with entities such as L'Oréal, Mastercard, Forbes, Sotheby’s, Christie's, MoMA, the United Nations, and more in support of artists and creative technologists.

Randi holds a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from Harvard University. She serves as both an investor and advisor to several early and mid-stage companies and sits on the board of directors for The Motley Fool and Life360.

Alongside her career as a tech innovator, she is an accomplished artist and producer who has performed on Broadway, winning three Tony awards for Hadestown, Oklahoma! and The Inheritance. She hosts a weekly business talk radio show, Randi Zuckerberg Means Business, on SiriusXM. She is an avid runner, having completed several marathons with podium finishes in ultra-marathons. While she may be known as “Mom to Start-ups”, Randi spends her days learning, growing, and sharing her love for arts with her husband and three children.