Carter Reum
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Carter Reum | |
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.jpg) Reum in February 2021 | |
| Born | Carter Milliken Reum February 5, 1981[1] |
| Education | Columbia University |
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| Spouse | |
| Children | 3 |
| Relatives | Courtney Reum (brother) |
| Writing career | |
| Notable work | Shortcut Your Startup: Ten Ways to Speed Up Entrepreneurial Success (book) |
| Website | m13 |
Carter Milliken Reum (born February 5, 1981) is an American entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and writer.[2][3] He is the founder of M13 Ventures, an angel investment firm. He is married to Paris Hilton.
Early life and education
[edit]Carter Milliken Reum was born on February 5, 1981, to Sherry and Robert Reum.[4] His father was chairman, president and chief executive officer of Chicago-based Amsted Industries,[4] which was ranked as one of the United States' largest private companies by Forbes magazine.[5] He has two siblings, a brother named Courtney and a sister named Halle.[4] The latter is married to Oliver Hammond, a scion of the Annenberg family.[citation needed]
Reum graduated from Columbia College of Columbia University in 2003.[6][7][8] He is an alumnus of Zeta Beta Tau fraternity, initiated into its Delta Chapter at Columbia University.[citation needed]
Career
[edit]Alongside his brother, Courtney, Reum co-founded the alcohol brand VEEV Spirits,[9][10][11] a company listed in Inc. Magazine's 5,000 fastest-growing private companies in the United States in 2018.[12]
Reum has been featured in episodes of the television series Hatched and has appeared as a guest and a commentator on a variety of networks including CBS and Fox. He is also a contributing writer for the Huffington Post and Inc. magazine. Additionally, he is the co-founder of the investment firm M13.[13][14]
In 2016, Reum started the venture-capital firm M13 Investments.[15] M13 was recognized as the fourteenth-top performer in the 2023 HEC-Dow Jones Venture Capital Performance Ranking, which evaluates the world's top global venture-capital firms. M13 was one of only eight U.S.-based firms to be included in the top-twenty rankings for that year.[16]
Publications
[edit]In 2018, Random House and Penguin Books released Shortcut Your Startup: Ten Ways to Speed Up Entrepreneurial Success.[17][18] Reum co-wrote the book with his brother, Courtney. The book uses the Reums' experiences to teach entrepreneurs how to reach their goals.[19] They pull from their experiences creating Veev and from the lessons learned through the years investing in companies including SpaceX, Lyft, Pinterest and Warby Parker.[20][21]
Personal life
[edit]Reum has a daughter, born in 2013, with former actress Laura Bellizzi.[22]
Reum began dating media personality Paris Hilton in December 2019.[23] After becoming engaged on February 13, 2021,[24] Hilton and Reum were married in Los Angeles on November 11.[25][26] They have a son and a daughter born via surrogacy in January and November 2023, respectively.[27][28]
References
[edit]- ↑ Desborough, Jenny (November 12, 2021). "Who Is Paris Hilton's Entrepreneur Husband, Carter Milliken Reum?". Newsweek. Retrieved November 13, 2021.
- ↑ "Biography". penguin.co.uk. Archived from the original on August 7, 2018. Retrieved August 7, 2018.
- ↑ Needleman, Sarah E. (November 24, 2010). "Entrepreneurs Hit Up Family, But Payback Is Slow". The Wall Street Journal. wsj.com.
- 1 2 3 Megan, Graydon. "Robert Reum, Sparked Amsted Industries Turnaround, Dies". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved July 25, 2020.
- ↑ "Amsted Industries". Forbes. Retrieved July 25, 2020.
- ↑ "Around the Quads". Columbia College Today. Spring 2012. Archived from the original on December 26, 2016. Retrieved June 10, 2020.
- ↑ "Take Five with Courtney Reum '01". Columbia College Today. April 13, 2018. Archived from the original on June 24, 2018. Retrieved July 25, 2020.
- ↑ Shah, Hannah Karp and Neil (October 7, 2016). "Desert Trip: Rockin'—and Luxuriating—in the Twilight Years". The Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved August 30, 2021.
- ↑ "Industry Insiders: Courtney & Carter Reum, Founders and Owners of VeeV Açaí Spirit". bbook.com. January 7, 2013.
- ↑ "Courtney And Carter Reum, Veev: Finding a Better Way to Drink". HuffPost. December 29, 2010.
- ↑ "My LA to Z". Los Angeles. lamag.com. August 21, 2013.
- ↑ "Take Five with Courtney Reum '01". Columbia College. April 13, 2018.
- ↑ "Rothy's Just Landed $35 Million from Goldman Sachs to Sell More of Its Popular Ballet Flats". TechCrunch. December 18, 2018.
- ↑ "North Carolina Startups Raised More than $1 Billion Last Year. Here's Why Raleigh Is the Tech Industry's Best Kept Secret". Inc. December 18, 2018.
- ↑ "LA Venture: M13's Carter Reum on His New $400 Million Fund and How Web3 Will Change Business". dot.La. March 4, 2022.
- ↑ "M13 Ranked #14 Globally in 2023 HEC-Dow Jones Venture Capital Performance Ranking". prweb.com. November 26, 2024.
- ↑ Speed Up Success with Unconventional Advice from the Trenches. simonandschuster.com. January 16, 2018. ISBN 9781501172991.
- ↑ "Funding for Startups May Be More Difficult: Venture Capitalist". CNBC. January 17, 2018.
- ↑ "6 Things Big Companies Look for When Buying Your Startup". entrepreneur.com. January 17, 2018.
- ↑ "Brothers Aim to Launch New Families of Products". labusinessjournal.com. April 24, 2016.
- ↑ "ClassPass Raising New Funds from Temasek, M13". Fortune. Retrieved November 12, 2021.
- ↑ McKnight, Jenni (January 25, 2023). "Does Paris Hilton's Husband Carter Reum Have Another Child? All We Know". Hello!. Retrieved November 24, 2023.
- ↑ "Paris Hilton Goes Instagram Official With Boyfriend Carter Reum in Honor of Their Anniversary". E! News. April 30, 2020. Retrieved May 23, 2020.
- ↑ "Paris Hilton Is Engaged to Boyfriend Carter Reum: 'I'm Excited for Our Next Chapter'". People. Retrieved February 18, 2021.
- ↑ "Paris Hilton Wears Oscar de la Renta to Marry Carter Reum in Bel Air". Vogue. November 12, 2021. Retrieved November 14, 2021.
- ↑ Dupre, Elyse (November 12, 2021). "Paris Hilton Marries Carter Reum After 2 Years Together". E! News. Retrieved November 12, 2021.
- ↑ VanHoose, Benjamin; Andaloro, Angela (January 24, 2023). "Paris Hilton Is a Mom! Star Reveals She and Husband Carter Reum Have Welcomed a Baby Boy". People.
- ↑ Moorman, Taijuan (November 24, 2023). "Paris Hilton Shares Why She Is Thankful on Thanksgiving: A Baby Girl". USA Today. Retrieved November 24, 2023.