Carter Reum

Alongside his brother Courtney, Reum co-founded the alcohol brand VEEV Spirits,[4][5][6] a company listed in Inc. Magazine's 5000 fastest-growing private companies in the United States in 2018.[7]

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.[8][9]

In 2018, Random House and Penguin Books released Shortcut Your Startup: Ten Ways to Speed Up Entrepreneurial Success.[10][11] Reum co-authored the book with his brother Courtney. The book uses the Reums' experiences to teach entrepreneurs on how to reach their goals.[12] 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.[13][14][15]

In 2016, Reum started the venture capital firm M13 Investments.[16] [17]

His father, Robert Reum, was chairman, president and chief executive officer of Chicago-based Amsted Industries,[18] which was ranked as one of the United States's largest private companies by Forbes.[19][20]

Reum graduated from Columbia College of Columbia University in 2003. His siblings include his brother, Courtney, and his sister, Halle, who is married to Oliver Hammond, a scion of the Annenberg family.[21][22][23] Reum is an alumnus of Zeta Beta Tau fraternity, initiated into its Delta Chapter at Columbia University.

On February 17, 2021, Reum and Paris Hilton announced their engagement.[24] They married in Los Angeles on November 11, 2021.[25] In January 2023, the couple announced the birth of their son, Phoenix Barron Hilton Reum, born via surrogacy.[26] Reum also has a daughter with former actress Laura Bellizzi, whom he supports financially, but has no relationship with.[27]