The WLD Show

Anthony Zhang: How a Serial Entrepreneur is Reinventing Wine Investing with Vinovest after a Tragic Accident at 21. | #120

Episode Summary

Anthony Zhang is the Cofounder and CEO of Vinovest. Vinovest helps investors diversify their portfolios into rare wine and whiskey. In this episode we discuss his entrepreneurial journey and life-changing accident that left him as a quadriplegic.

Episode Notes

At the age of 18, Anthony dropped out of college to take the Thiel Fellowship and pursue his first startup, EnvoyNow. Which was acquired by JoyRun, then by Walmart.

Seven years ago at the age of 21, Anthony suffered a life-changing accident that left him as a quadriplegic. Although he’s recovered some function since, he’s still currently in a wheelchair.

Today, Anthony is the Cofounder and CEO of Vinovest. Vinovest helps investors diversify their portfolios into rare wine and whiskey, an asset class that has outperformed the S&P over the past three decades. Vinovest has over $100MM in assets under management.

In this episode, we discuss

• Becoming paralyzed at 21. And how he persevered to grow and sell Envoy Now.
• His relationship with his wife Mckenna  and how they've stayed together since teenagers.
• Securing Mark Cuban as his first angel investor through a Shark Tank-esque campus pitch.
• Leaving college as a Thiel Fellow and meeting Ethereum's Vitalik Buterin.
• Hustling to work for Blockfolio, its sale to FTX, and meeting Sam Bankman-Fried.
• The genesis of Vinovest and how he carved out a serious reputation in the wine industry.

Learn more about Anthony:

• Vinovest Website: www.vinovest.co
• Video: Anthony pitching Mark Cuban Shark Tank-style
• Anthony's Instagram: @anthony_j_zhang
• Anthony's Twitter: @anthony_j_zhang
• Fortune: A 22-Year-Old Entrepreneur Moves Forward After a Life-Changing Accident Left Him Paralyzed