Robert F. Smith

Quick Facts

Full Name	Robert F. Smith
Occupation	Inventor
Date Of Birth	Dec 1, 1962(1962-12-01)
Age	62
Birthplace	Denver
Country	United States
Birth City	Colorado
Horoscope	Sagittarius

Robert F. Smith Biography

Robert F. Smith is one of the most popular and richest Inventor who was born on December 1, 1962 in Denver, Colorado, United States. Robert Frederick Smith, born December 1, 1962, is an American billionaire businessman and philanthropist. He is also a chemical engineer, investment banker, and philanthropist. He is the founder, chairman and CEO of Vista Equity Partners, a private equity firm. Forbes ranked Smith as the 163rd wealthiest person in America in 2018. He was ranked No. Forbes 2018 list of world’s billionaires ranked him at number 480 with a net worth US$6.7 billion. Smith was also listed in Vanity Fair’s New Establishment List. Forbes named Smith one of the 100 most influential business leaders in 2017 The 2019 PitchBook Private Equity Awards named Smith “Executive Of The Year.” Smith’s $34million pledge to end student loans for the 2019 Morehouse College class was recognized by the award. The award stated that Smith’s “extraordinary gesture, even in a world of charitable giving from private-equity executives, stood out.” Smith was also named one of The Bloomberg 50 List’s 50 “Who Define 2019”. Forbes covered Smith’s 2018 cover story and declared him the richest African-American, surpassing Oprah Winfrey.

Smith is the father of two sons, Hope and Hendrix Robert Smith. Legend Robert Smith was born on March 16, 2016, at age 4, and 2016-03-16 at March 16, 2016.

On 25 July 2015 (4 years ago) (2015-07-25 ) , Smith married his second wife, Hope Dworaczyk, a former Playboy playmate, healthy living advocate, and fashion editor.

In January 2015, Vista Equity Partners was named the best performing private equity firm for the previous 10 years, according to the HEC-Dow Jones annual ranking conducted by professor Oliver Gottschalg. Preqin, a consulting firm that tracks the industry, reports that Vista’s third fund returned $2.46 for every dollar invested, better than every other big fund raised between 2006 and 2010, the boom years for private equity.

Smith co-founded Vista Equity Partners in 2000. He is also the chairman, chief executive officer, and principal founder of the venture capital and private equity firm. Vista, with over $46 billion in cumulative capital commitments and more than 50 software companies, has 60,000 employees around the world, makes it the fourth-largest enterprise software company, after Oracle and Microsoft. Vista’s focus has been on technology, enterprise software and data sectors. Vista’s portfolio companies include Finastra and TIBCO as well as Solera, Infoblox and Mediaocean.

Robert F. Smith Net Worth

Robert F. Smith is one of the richest Inventor from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Robert F. Smith 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Smith married Suzanne McFayden Smith, a Cornell alum, in 1988. After 22 years of marriage, they divorced in 2010.

After his work at Air Products & Chemicals and Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company and later at Kraft General foods as a chemical engineering, Smith attended Columbia Business School. Smith received an MBA with distinctions, specializing in marketing and finance. He worked in Silicon Valley and New York City for Goldman Sachs from 1994 to 2000 as a technology investment banker. His advisory services included over $50 billion of merger and acquisition activity for companies like Apple, Microsoft and Texas Instruments. He was the first to concentrate exclusively on technology mergers & acquisitions in the Goldman Sachs San Francisco branch.

In October 2014, Vista closed its Fund V at $5.8 billion.

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Who is Robert F. Smith Dating?

According to our records, Robert F. Smith married to Hope Dworaczyk , Suzanne McFayden. As of December 1, 2023, Robert F. Smith’s is not dating anyone.

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In May 2019, when he was at Morehouse College to receive an honorary doctorate and deliver the commencement address, he told the graduates he and his family would pay off the entire student loan debt of the 2019 Morehouse College graduating class of 396 students. “This is my class”, he told the graduating seniors, “and I know my class will pay this forward”. He had previously donated $1.5 million to the school in January 2019, to be used for scholarships and a park.

Facts & Trivia

Robert Ranked on the list of most popular Inventor. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Robert F. Smith celebrates birthday on December 1 of every year.

Among the honors and awards Smith has received are the Candle in Business and Philanthropy Award from Morehouse College, the International Medical Corps Humanitarian of the Year Award, Ebony’s John H. Johnson Award, the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s Chairman’s Award, the Reginald F. Lewis Achievement Award, the Humanitarian of the Year Award from the Robert Toigo Foundation, and the Ripple of Hope Award from Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights. Smith was also awarded an honorary doctorate of International Affairs from American University’s School of International Service and an honorary doctorate from Morehouse College.

Why is Robert F. Smith is famous?

Robert F. Smith founded private equity firm Vista Equity Partners in 2000. It focuses exclusively on investing in software companies. With $92 billion in assets, Vista is one of the best-performing private equity firms, posting annualized returns of 22% since inception.

How did Robert F. Smith make his money?

According to Black Enterprise magazine, Smith is credited with consistently generating a 30 percent rate of return for his investors from the company’s inception to 2020. As of 2019, Vista Equity Partners was the fourth largest enterprise software company after Microsoft, Oracle, and SAP, including all their holdings.

Who is billionaire Robert F. Smith married to?

Hope Dworaczyk , now known as Hope Smith, is an American model, TV host and reality TV personality, CEO and philanthropist who has a net worth of $50 million. Though, it should be noted that her communal property wealth with billionaire husband Robert F. Smith, could make Hope’s net worth much, much higher.

Is Robert Smith an Alpha?

Did you know that Vista Equity Partners Founder Robert F. Smith is a member of Alpha Phi Alpha? Smith pledged the Alpha Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. at Cornell University in 1982.

Who is the first Black billionaire?

Robert L. Johnson
Born| Robert Louis Johnson April 8, 1946 Hickory, Mississippi, U.S.