Meet Misha Ava Vaynerchuk, Xander Avi Vaynerchuk
Matthew Wilson
Updated on January 14, 2026
Born in Belarus, Russia, on November 14, 1975, the 45-year-old businessman, who is better known by his stage name Gary Vee, is also an author of numerous books and a frequent public lecturer on subjects including social media, e-commerce, and brand development.
Vaynerchuk is the creator of VaynerMedia, Empathy Wines, and Resy as well as the chairman of VaynerX, a communications firm with over 800 employees and annual sales of $130 million.
In addition to Empathy Wines, he is a co-founder of Resy, a firm that makes software for reservations at restaurants.
Initially recognized as a wine critic who helped his family’s wine firm grow, Vaynerchuk is now more known for his work in social media marketing and digital marketing as the chairman of the New York-based communications company VaynerX and as the CEO of VaynerX subsidiary VaynerMedia.
Vaynerchuk moved to New York City in the United States when he was three years old in 1978. He was born in Babruysk in the Soviet Union (now a part of Belarus).
Who are Gary Vaynerchuk’s children?
Misha Ava Vaynerchuk, a daughter, and Xander Avi Vaynerchuk, a son, are Gary Vee’s two children from his marriage to Lizzie in 2004.
