Vista Equity – Black Enterprise

Despite Political and Financial Challenges, the Country’s Largest Black-Owned Businesses Thrive in 2019

Jeffrey McKinneyAugust 9, 2019August 9, 2019

by Jeffrey McKinneyAugust 9, 2019August 9, 20192181

The BE 100s—BLACK ENTERPRISE's annual listing of the nation’s largest black-owned businesses—are keeping up with a changing business landscape....

Entrepreneurship

Black Billionaire Robert F. Smith, Just Made Another $3 Billion with Sell to Adobe

Samara LynnSeptember 24, 2018October 2, 2018

by Samara LynnSeptember 24, 2018October 2, 20182775

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...

Entrepreneurship

Billionaire Robert Smith’s 3 Most Important Things to Leave Your Kids

Caroline ClarkeFebruary 23, 2018May 30, 2018

by Caroline ClarkeFebruary 23, 2018May 30, 20183482

At the sprawling Oakland, California, home of business strategist Carl Hackney, billionaire Robert Smith held court as a gathering of mostly black politicians, venture capitalists,...

Entrepreneurship

African American Billionaire Robert F. Smith Named Carnegie Hallâ€™s New Chairman

Carolyn M. BrownJune 23, 2016September 30, 2017

by Carolyn M. BrownJune 23, 2016September 30, 20171524

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...

Money

Black Wealth: Richest 100 Americans Worth As Much As Total African American Population in U.S.

Stacey TisdaleDecember 9, 2015September 28, 2017

by Stacey TisdaleDecember 9, 2015September 28, 20171122

A new study finds the wealthiest 100 households on the Forbes 400 list of wealthiest Americans own about as much wealth as the entire U.S....