Carter Reum

Carter Milliken Reum (born February 5, 1981) is an American author, entrepreneur, and venture capitalist.^[2][3] He is the founder of M13 Ventures, an angel investment firm. He is married to Paris Hilton.

Carter Reum
Reum in February 2021
Born	Carter Milliken Reum (1981-02-05) February 5, 1981 (age 44)[1]
Occupation	Author entrepreneur investor
Nationality	American
Alma mater	Columbia University
Notable works	Shortcut Your Startup: Ten Ways to Speed Up Entrepreneurial Success (book)
Spouse	Paris Hilton ​ (m. 2021)​
Children	3
Relatives	Courtney Reum (brother)
Website
m13.co

Early life

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.^[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. 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

Alongside his brother Courtney, Reum co-founded the alcohol brand VEEV Spirits,^[9][10][11] a company listed in Inc. Magazine's 5000 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 Huffington Post and Inc. Additionally he is the co-founder of the investment firm M13.^[13][14]

M13, the venture capital firm co-founded by Reum, was recognized as the 14th 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 20 rankings for that year.^[15]

Publications

In 2018, Random House and Penguin Books released Shortcut Your Startup: Ten Ways to Speed Up Entrepreneurial Success.^[16][17] Reum co-authored the book with his brother Courtney. The book uses the Reums' experiences to teach entrepreneurs how to reach their goals.^[18] 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.^[19][20]

In 2016, Reum started the venture capital firm M13 Investments.^[21]

Personal life

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]