Vein co-founded and served as the co-Chief Executive Officer of MarketShare, Vein is also an Emmy Award-winning producer and winner of the 2016 Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award.
The Los Angeles Business Journal named Vein as one of the 500 Most Influential People in Los Angeles. Vein holds several patents including one for
in-vitro meat.
Early career Vein began his professional career working at technology companies, from Teledyne Relays to Hughes Aircraft, where he worked on the "Star Wars" program under President Ronald Reagan. He went on to co-found Dern & Vein, an entertainment law firm based in Los Angeles with Dixon Dern. Vein left Dern & Vein to join
Film Roman, an
animation production company based in Los Angeles, where he held a number of positions, including Chief Operating Officer and interim chief executive officer. At Film Roman he produced
King of the Hill and
The Simpsons, winning an Emmy Award for the latter in 2001.
Political engagement Vein served as a member of
Barack Obama's National Finance Committees for both the 2008 and 2012 presidential campaigns, as well as on the National Finance Committee for Hillary Clinton's candidacy for president in 2016. He held several fundraisers for national, state, and local candidates. Vein served as a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 2016, and is a member of the board of trustees for the Center of American Progress.
Public service He has served as the president of the Los Angeles Convention and Tourism Development Board since 2013, and as the head of the Brand LA initiative for the Mayor's Fund in Los Angeles. He is a member of the board of the Los Angeles Police Foundation, the Los Angeles Business Council, and the advisory boards of the Los Angeles Sports & Entertainment Commission, and Step Up on Second. ==Personal life==