Carter Milliken Reum (born February 5, 1981[1]) is an American author, entrepreneur and venture capitalist.[2][3] He is most notable for founding M13 Ventures, an angel investment firm. He is married to socialite Paris Hilton.
Along with 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.[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. He is the co-founder of the investment firm M13.[8][9]
Publications
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 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.[citation needed]
Personal life
His father, Robert Reum, was chairman, president and chief executive officer of Chicago-based Amsted Industries,[16] ranked one of United States's largest private companies ranked by Forbes.[17][18]
Carter has one daughter with former actress Laura Bellizzi.[19]
Reum graduated from Columbia College of Columbia University in 2003, as did his brother Courtney and sister Halle, who is married to Oliver Hammond, a scion of the Annenberg family.[20][21][22] 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.[23] They married in Los Angeles on November 11.[24]