Serial entrepreneur Gary Vaynerchuk announced on Monday the first round of celebrities, business leaders, artists and influencers that will attend VeeCon, a two-day event coming to U.S. Bank Stadium in May.
VeeCon is the world's first NFT-ticketed conference, meaning only holders of the VeeFriends token are allowed to attend.
The diverse set of keynote attendees include author Deepak Chopra, actor Mila Kunis, director Kevin Smith and YouTuber Logan Paul, among many others.
Gary Vaynerchuk (aka Gary Vee) started the collection of drawings, turned into NFTs to "bring to life his ambitions of building a community around his creative and business passions," according to a FAQ on the VeeFriends website.
Currently 10,255 VeeFriends tokens exist, with prices averaging $47,800, according to NFT Stats. The priciest VeeFriends fetch upwards of $150,000.
"We are getting closer to throwing the conference I always dreamt of. I am here to leverage my career and my relationships to bring the world's greatest speakers and influencers to this conference and the VeeFriends community next May," Vaynerchuk said in a live announcement on Discord.
VeeCon organizers estimate that 83% of the conference's attendees will be first time visitors to Minnesota, while 38% will be traveling from outside the United States.
Here's the full list of attendees announced Monday:
- Andy Chorlian, co-founder of Fractional
- Banks, founder and owner of FaZe Clan
- Beeple, artist
- Becks, aenior NFT analyst, Cool Cats
- Charli D’Amelio, social media personality
- Clon, founder and artist behind Blue Cat, Cool Cats
- Danny Cole, creator, Creature World
- Deepak Chopra, founder of Chopra Global & The Chopra Foundation
- Dixie D’Amelio, singer and social media personality
- Drew Austin, partner, Red Pill Ventures Fund
- Elu, founder and creative director, Cool Cats
- Erick Calderon, founder and CEO, Art Blocks Inc.
- Franky Aguilar, artist, rounder of SupDucks
- Isaac “Drift” Wright, artist
- Jade “Mumbot” Kuei, artist and creator, Mumbot World
- Jaiden ”Jasti” Stipp, artist
- Jesse Itzler, co-founder of Marquis Jet
- Jim McNelis, CEO, Nameless
- John Orion Young (JOY), Artist, JOYWorld
- Kevin Rose, partner at True Ventures
- Kevin Smith, writer/rirector and podcaster
- Lady Phe0nix, founder and CEO, Universe Contemporary
- Liam Payne, singer and songwriter
- Lisa Mayer, CEO of My Social Canvas, co-founder of Boss Beauties
- Logan Paul, entertainer, entrepreneur
- Maliha Abidi, artist and founder of Women Rise
- Matt Higgins, entrepreneur and co-founder of RSE Ventures
- Micah Johnson, creator of Aku
- Michael Lazerow, entrepreneur and investor
- Mila Kunis, producer, actress
- Nadine Abdel Ghaffar, founder of Art D’Égypte
- Pablo Stanley, artist and co-founder of Robotos and Bueno
- Pplpleasr, artist
- “Rizzle”, adviser
- Sara Baumann, artist and founder of Women and Weapons
- Sian Morson, artist, head of community at Palm and Editor @TheBlkChain
- Swan Sit, independent board director
- Tom Bilyeu, co-founder and CEO of Impact Theory Studios
- Tom Sachs, artist and founder of Tom Sachs Rocket Factory
- Tony Herrera, creator of Ether_Cards
- William Allen, VP at Adobe
- Yam Karkai, co-founder and artist of World of Women
