Billionaire Robert Smith’s Private Equity Firm Wins Big After 4.6B Sale To IBM
Billionaire Robert Smith's firm Vista Equity Partners recently made a significant return on its investment in a software company, thanks to a $4.6 billion deal...
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Insights From a Billionaire: Robert Smith Says There Are More Opportunities In Private Markets
Vista Equity Partners chairman and CEO Robert Smith told CNBC there’s a marked disparity in investment opportunities between public and private markets....
Despite Political and Financial Challenges, the Country’s Largest Black-Owned Businesses Thrive in 2019
The BE 100s—BLACK ENTERPRISE's annual listing of the nation’s largest black-owned businesses—are keeping up with a changing business landscape....
The Next Robert F. Smith? The Other Black-Owned Private Equity Firm Making Boss Financial Moves
ICV Partners L.L.C. is a black-owned, New York-based private equity firm that is becoming as much as a success story as Robert F. Smith's equity...
Billionaire Robert F. Smith Has History of Financial Activism Beyond Morehouse
Robert F. Smith, recognized with an honorary degree from Morehouse along with award-winning actress Angela Basset, has undertaken severals charitable acts....
Black Billionaire Robert F. Smith, Just Made Another $3 Billion with Sell to Adobe
Vista Equity, the private equity firm launched by black billionaire and engineer Robert F. Smith, announced it is selling a cloud-service company it purchased in...
45 GREAT MOMENTS IN BLACK BUSINESS – NO. 12: Vista Equity Partners’ Massive Expansion With Acquisition
The largest BE 100s private equity firm, Vista Equity Partners, continued to expand its holdings by acquiring Lithium Technologies last year for an undisclosed amount....
This Black Billionaire’s $20 Million Gift to NMAAHC Highlights Intentional Philanthropy
At a time when we feel the sting of tragedies fueled by racial injustices almost daily, our intentional philanthropy can support sustainable progress....
African American Billionaire Robert F. Smith Named Carnegie Hall’s New Chairman
Robert F. Smith, founder, chairman and chief executive of Vista Equity Partners (No. 1 on the BE100s Private Equity list with $14 billion in capital...
Billionaire Robert F. Smith Gives $50 Million to Cornell Engineering School
Smith's $50 million will further diversity efforts at Cornell....