Courtney Reum

Courtney Reum
Nationality American
Education Columbia University, Harvard Business School
Occupation Entrepreneur

Courtney Reum is an American entrepreneur who co-founded Veev Spirits and M13.[1]

Reum received his B.A. degrees from Columbia University with distinction in economics and philosophy and graduated from Harvard Business School.[2] After college, he worked on Wall Street at Goldman Sachs before leaving in 2007 to found Veev Spirits, a company focused on producing organic vodka infused with acai berries, with his brother, Carter Reum.[3][4][5] The Reum brothers initially sold their product out of the back of a car. Two years later, Veev was in 20 markets. By 2010, the company distributed across the nation and annual sales surpassed $2 million.[6] Veev was featured on "How I Made My Millions" in August 2011.[7] In March 2016, a majority stake in the company was sold to Luxco Inc.[1]

Reum was added to the board of directors of Los Angeles Opera in September 2015. He also serves as commissioner of the Los Angeles Convention Center & Tourism Authority.[2][5]

The brothers launched investment syndicate M13 in 2016 aimed at investing in start-up consumer products companies.[1][8] Reum was one of the panelists on the second season of the business reality show, Hatched.[9]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Garrett Reim (April 24, 2016). "Brothers Aim to Launch New Families of Products". Los Angeles Business Journal. Retrieved October 25, 2016.
  2. 1 2 "LA Opera to Appoint Keith R. Leonard, Jr., and Courtney Reum to Board of Directors". Broadway World. September 23, 2015. Retrieved October 25, 2016.
  3. ↑ Courtney Comstock (December 30, 2010). "Courtney And Carter Reum Say Jobs At Goldman Sachs Did Not Prepare Them for Entrepreneurship". Business Insider. Retrieved October 25, 2016.
  4. ↑ Robert K. Elder. "Courtney Reum". Crain's Los Angeles. Retrieved October 25, 2016.
  5. 1 2 David Ng (September 21, 2015). "L.A. Opera board adds Keith Leonard, Courtney Reum". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved October 25, 2016.
  6. ↑ Gwen Moran (November 23, 2010). "The Giving Spirit". Entrepreneur. Retrieved October 25, 2016.
  7. ↑ Erin Kitzie (July 21, 2011). "Four New "How I Made My Millions" Will Premiere In August on CNBC". CNBC. Retrieved October 25, 2016.
  8. ↑ "Angel Investors Carter and Courtney Reum launch new start up studio and syndicate "M13"". Innovation Italy. April 25, 2016. Retrieved October 25, 2016.
  9. ↑ "Shark Tank-Wannabe 'Hatched' Hunting For The Next Spanx". Forbes. November 19, 2016.


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