Robert F. Smith

罗伯特·史密斯（Robert F. Smith）是Vista Equity Partners的创始人，董事长兼首席执行官。他指导Vista的投资策略和决策，公司治理和投资者关系。Vista目前管理超过310亿美元的股本资本承诺，并监督50多家软件公司的投资组合，这些公司在全球范围内雇用了55,000多名员工。自从Vista于2000年成立以来，史密斯先生已经监督了超过1000亿美元的交易价值的公司完成了350多个完成的交易。

In 2017, Smith was named by Forbes as one of the 100 Greatest Living Business Minds. Previously, Smith worked for Goldman Sachs in Tech M&A and Kraft General Foods, where he earned four patents. Smith is the first African-American to sign on to the Giving Pledge. His gift of $20 million was the largest by an individual donor to the National Museum of African American History and Culture. Smith serves as the Chairman of Carnegie Hall, founding director and President of the Fund II Foundation, and Chairman of Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights.

Smith earned his B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Cornell University, which in January 2016, honored Mr. Smith’s leadership by naming the Robert Fredrick Smith School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering. Smith also received his MBA with honors from Columbia Business School. Smith was born in Denver, Colorado, the son of two PdD educators who instilled in him an appreciation for the power of learning and the moral obligation we all share to apply our unique skills to change society for the better.