Vanessa Grout is the CEO of South Florida real estate

Real estate

In general use, esp. North American, 'real estate' is taken to mean "Property consisting of land and the buildings on it, along with its natural resources such as crops, minerals, or water; immovable property of this nature; an interest vested in this; an item of real property; buildings or...

 brokerage Douglas Elliman Florida

Douglas Elliman

Douglas Elliman is the largest residential real estate brokerage in the New York metropolitan area.-Overview:Douglas Elliman operates in New York City, Long Island, the Hamptons, and Westchester as Prudential Douglas Elliman and Miami as Douglas Elliman Florida. The company's Miami flagship office...

. The company's Miami flagship office is at 1111 Lincoln Road

Lincoln Road

Lincoln Road is a pedestrian road running east-west between 16th Street and 17th Street in Miami Beach, Florida, United States. Once open to vehicular traffic, it now hosts a pedestrian row of shops, restaurants, galleries, and other businesses between Washington Avenue and Alton...

 in South Beach

South Beach

South Beach, also nicknamed SoBe, is a neighborhood in the city of Miami Beach, Florida, United States. It is the area south of Indian Creek and encompasses roughly the southernmost 23 blocks of the main barrier island that separates the Atlantic Ocean and Biscayne Bay.This area was the first...

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In 2010, Grout was appointed CEO of Douglas Elliman Florida by Howard Lorber

Howard Lorber

Howard Mark Lorber is the President and CEO of Vector Group Ltd., a holding company listed on the New York Stock Exchange. He is also the Chairman of Douglas Elliman, a subsidiary of Vector Group, which is the largest residential real estate brokerage in the New York metropolitan area. He is also...

, Chairman of Douglas Elliman Realty and CEO of Vector Group Ltd.

Vector Group

Vector Group Ltd. is a Miami, Florida-based, publicly traded holding company founded by its Chairman, Bennett S. LeBow. Howard Lorber serves as President and Chief Executive Officer of Vector Group Ltd.. The company is headquartered in the Miami Tower in Downtown Miami.The company's holdings...

 Through its real estate arm, New Valley LLC

New Valley LLC

New Valley LLC is an investment company owned by Vector Group. Western Union was renamed New Valley in the early 1990s as the corporate parent of all Western Union related businesses. In 1994, New Valley sold its Western Union businesses to First Financial Management for $1.2 Billion...

, Vector Group owns Douglas Elliman Realty, the largest residential brokerage company in New York. In 2010 the company completed over 12,000 transactions, and $12 Billion in sales volume.

Grout was born in Miami, Florida, the daughter of Melanie and Jack Grout

Jack Grout

John Frederick "Jack" Grout was an American professional golfer who competed on the PGA Tour from 1931 to 1953. He is best-known as the ‘first and only’ golf teacher of Jack Nicklaus.-Early career:...

, Jr. She earned her bachelor's degree from the University of Miami

University of Miami

The University of Miami is a private, non-sectarian university founded in 1925 with its main campus in Coral Gables, Florida, a medical campus in Miami city proper at Civic Center, and an oceanographic research facility on Virginia Key., the university currently enrolls 15,629 students in 12...

 and an MBA in Finance from NYU Stern School of Business. Grout is a licensed Florida attorney and real estate broker.