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Neil Tauber
Neil Tauber (born January 28, 1951) is an American businessman, investor and entrepreneur. He is the co-founder and Vice President of Development at VCA Animal Hospitals of VCA Inc., a chain of veterinary hospitals located throughout the United States and Canada. Tauber began his career in the medical industry while working as the Director of Corporate Development at AlternaCare, a Canadian healthcare company. REFERENCE In this position, Tauber was designated with the task of acquisitions of new businesses and medical groups. This ultimately primed him for his role at VCA Antech, in which he concentrates on the acquisition of new animal hospitals throughout the entire company.

Early Life
Neil Tauber, born on January 28, 1951, grew up in a subsidized city housing project in Carnarsie, a small town in Brooklyn, New York. Even though he lived in a neighborhood that didn't sustain the best reputation, Tauber lived in a newly developed housing project, surrounded by new and improved schools. The school system was excellent, considering it was located in a lower-class community. When asked to describe his socioeconomic background growing up, Tauber states that he was "lower, lower, lower class. Make it three 'lowers'," he requested. Tauber's parents, Selma and Max Tauber, stressed the importance of receiving and cherishing a good education. Due to this important familial belief and his determination to make his parent's proud, Tauber went on to graduate from Baruch College, part of The City University of New York, and also earned an MBA from Wagner College.

VCA, Inc.
In 1986, Neil Tauber, along with brothers Bob and Art Antin, founded VCA, Inc. Veterinary Centers of America (VCA Inc.) began as a privately held company servicing the medical needs of animals. Starting from just one hospital located in West Los Angeles, California, VCA has now grown to over 800 hospitals across the United States and Canada, as one of the largest animal health care providers in the world. With Tauber's tremendous help in expanding the company's worldwide reach, VCA joined NASDAQ under the symbol "WOOF" first in 1991 and then again in 2001. In 2017, Mars Inc. bought out all of VCA's stock shares for $9.1 billion.

Family
Tauber met his wife Deborah Tauber (given name: Telling, born August 4, 1960) at the Cheesecake Factory in Los Angeles. They maintained their friendship and relationship for eight years before getting married in 1993. In 1997 the couple welcomed their first and only child Siena Tauber.

Hobbies
Tauber enjoys playing basketball, investing in various companies on the stock market, and traveling around the world. His favorite place in the world is New York City, and he enjoys spending time on Fire Island, a small island off the coast of New York. Tauber and his family have a dog, Baci, who is a cocker spaniel poodle mix.