Carter Milliken Reum

Carter Milliken Reum (born February 5, 1981) is an author, entrepreneur and venture capitalist.[1][2] He is most notable for founding M13 Ventures, an angel investment firm, and dating Paris Hilton.[3]

Carter Milliken Reum
Born (1981-02-05) February 5, 1981
Wayne, Illinois, U.S.
OccupationAuthor, entrepreneur, investor
Alma materColumbia University
Notable worksShortcut Your Startup: Ten Ways to Speed Up Entrepreneurial Success (book)
RelativesCourtney Reum (brother)
Website
m13.co

Career

Along with his brother, Courtney Reum, he co-founded and built VEEV Spirits,[4][5][6] a company listed in Inc. Magazine's 500 fastest growing private companies in America.[7]

Reum was 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 a contributing writer for Huffington Post and Inc. Magazine. He is the co-founder of the investment firm M13.[8][9][10]

Publications

In 2018 Random House and Penguin Books released Entitled Shortcut Your Startup: Ten Ways to Speed Up Entrepreneurial Success.[11][12] Reum's co-authored the book with his brother Courtney. The book uses the Reum's experiences to teach entrepreneurs how to reach their goals.[13] They pull from their experiences creating Veev and from the lessons learned through the years investing in companies like SpaceX, Lyft, Pinterest and Warby Parker.[14][15][16][17]

In 2013, Reum started the venture capital firm M13 Investments, who were early investors in Ring, Lyft, Daily Harvest, Pinterest, Rothy's, Thrive Market, Scopely, Tonal, Classpass, Heal, and Cue. The firm is backed by Richard Branson and Arianna Huffington.[18]

Personal life

His father, Robert Reum, was chairman, president, and chief executive officer of Chicago-based Amsted Industries, ranked one of America's largest private companies ranked by Forbes.[19][20]

Reum graduated from Columbia College of Columbia University in 2003 as did his brother, Courtney, and sister, Halle.[21][22]

As of September 2020, Vogue published he was in a relationship with family friend Paris Hilton.[23] He has been in a relationship with the socialite and heiress since at least April.[24]

References

  1. "Biography". penguin.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2018-08-07. Retrieved 2018-08-07.
  2. "Entrepreneurs Hit Up Family, But Payback Is Slow". wsj.com.
  3. Shiffer, Emily (2020-09-16). "Paris Hilton's Businessman Boyfriend Has Invested In Some Major Companies". Women's Health. Retrieved 2021-01-07.
  4. "Industry Insiders: Courtney & Carter Reum, Founders and Owners of VeeV Açaí Spirit". bbook.com.
  5. "Courtney And Carter Reum, Veev: Finding a Better Way to Drink". huffingtonpost.com.
  6. "My LA To Z". lamag.com.
  7. "Take Five With Courtney Reum '01". college.columbia.edu.
  8. "A Conversation With America's Best 401(k) CEO Tom Zgainer And Board Member Carter Reum". forbes.com.
  9. "Rothy's just landed $35 million from Goldman Sachs to sell more of its popular ballet flats". techcrunch.com.
  10. "North Carolina Startups Raised More Than $1 Billion Last Year. Here's Why Raleigh Is the Tech Industry's Best Kept Secret". inc.com.
  11. "Speed Up Success with Unconventional Advice from the Trenches". simonandschuster.com.
  12. "Funding for startups may be more difficult: Venture capitalist". cnbc.com.
  13. "6 Things Big Companies Look for When Buying Your Startup". entrepreneur.com.
  14. "In their new book, the founders behind VEEV Spirit and the investment firm M13 reveal what it takes to launch a successful startup". elitebusinessmagazine.co.uk.
  15. "Brothers Aim to Launch New Families of Products". labusinessjournal.com.
  16. "Want to Build a Successful Business, Get Into The Trenches". forbes.com.
  17. "ClassPass Raising New Funds from Temasek, M13". fortune.com/.
  18. "Carter Reum - Co-Founder @ M13 - Crunchbase Person Profile". Crunchbase. Retrieved 2021-01-12.
  19. Megan, Graydon. "Robert Reum, sparked Amsted Industries turnaround, dies". chicagotribune.com. Retrieved 2020-07-25.
  20. "Amsted Industries". Forbes. Retrieved 2020-07-25.
  21. "Around the Quads". Columbia College Today. Spring 2012. Retrieved June 10, 2020.
  22. "Take Five with Courtney Reum '01". Columbia College Today. Retrieved July 25, 2020.
  23. "Paris Hilton on Her Revealing New Documentary: "I'm Not a Dumb Blonde. I'm Just Really Good at Pretending to Be One."".
  24. Bacardi, Francesca (2020-04-30). "Paris Hilton, boyfriend Carter Reum are finally Instagram official". Page Six. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
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