[1] She is currently CEO of OKO Real Estate,[2] an affiliate of International property development company OKO Group, founded by Vladislav Doronin developer and CEO of Aman Resorts,[3] and recently acquired a 6.7-acre site in downtown Fort Lauderdale.
Through its real estate arm, New Valley LLC, Vector Group owns Douglas Elliman Realty, the largest residential brokerage company in New York.
[8] Vanessa Grout is a member of the Young Presidents' Organization (YPO), a founder of the Mount Sinai Medical Center in Miami Beach, and a member of the board of trustees for the Miami Science Museum.
[11] Vanessa Grout was born in Miami, Florida, the daughter of Melanie and John Frederick Grout, Jr. She attended The Benjamin School, an independent college preparatory school in North Palm Beach, Florida.
While a law student in Miami, she clerked for attorney Roy Black, who defended William Kennedy Smith.