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The Turnaround Kings: BE 100s Financial Services Company of the Year
Vista Equity Partners CEO Robert F. Smith In 2007, Vista Equity Partners (No. 1 on the BE Private Equity list with $6.6 billion in capital under management) acquired Tucson, Arizona-based Sunquest...
View ArticleBillionaire Robert F. Smith Gives $50 Million to Cornell Engineering School
Robert F. Smith, the founder, chairman and CEO of Vista Equity Partners, made a $50 million commitment to Cornell University’s School Of Engineering, his alma mater. [Related: Rep. Cleaver: African...
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BE 100s Billionaire Sponsors Girls Rescued from Boko Haram
Last summer, my daughter got very sick. I cried every day for a week, unsure of what her future would hold. Thank God, she’s OK now. But I cannot imagine the anguish mothers of the daughters kidnapped...
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Our 2017 List of Nation’s Largest Black Businesses Offer Strategies to Grow...
For 45 years, the BE 100s—the nation’s largest black businesses—have demonstrated enduring qualities of fortitude, dexterity, ingenuity, and, yes, swagger. Throughout it all, one word best describes...
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Black Billionaire’s Investment Firm Buys Leading IT Services Company
Vista Equity Partners, one of the world’s most successful investment firms, founded by black billionaire Robert F. Smith and a BE 100 company ranked No. 1 on the Private Equity Firms list, announced...
View Article45 GREAT MOMENTS IN BLACK BUSINESS – NO. 12: Vista Equity Partners’ Massive...
BLACK ENTERPRISE celebrates the 45th anniversary of its roster of the nation’s most successful black businesses—The BE 100s. To commemorate the significance of this collective’s widespread impact on...
View ArticleMorehouse Receives $1.5 Million from Black Billionaire Robert F. Smith
Founder and CEO of Vista Equity and black billionaire, Robert F. Smith donated $1.5 million to Morehouse College, according to a statement released by the school. A million dollars of the money will go...
View ArticleBillionaire Robert F. Smith Has History of Financial Activism Beyond Morehouse
By now, you’ve probably heard the astonishing announcement made by Morehouse 2019 commencement speaker Robert F. Smith. The black billionaire, who is CEO of Vista Equity Partners, committed to paying...
View ArticleThe Next Robert F. Smith? The Other Black-Owned Private Equity Firm Making...
When you ask Willie Woods, the president of ICV Partners L.L.C., a black-owned, New York-based private equity firm, the traits that separate his equity firm from competitors, he offers its six-year...
View ArticleMinority Firm Receives Historical Investment in the Big Apple
The New York City Pension Funds recently invested $225 million with Vista Equity Partners (No. 2 on the BE PRIVATE EQUITY list with $2.7 billion in capital under management), one of the largest single...
View ArticleBest of America’s Largest Black-Owned Companies To Be Honored At...
BLACK ENTERPRISE will hold its 2013 Entrepreneurs Conference + Expo hosted by Nationwide Insurance on Wednesday, May 15 through Saturday, May 18 at the Columbus Convention Center in Columbus, Ohio. An...
View ArticleBase10 Partners Joins Forces with Robert F. Smith’s Student Freedom...
Base10 Partners, the world’s largest Black-led venture capital fund, announced today that it has entered into a formal partnership with Student Freedom Initiative to expand the investment options...
View ArticleBillionaire Robert Smith’s Private Equity Firm Wins Big After 4.6B Sale To IBM
Billionaire investor Robert F. Smith‘s private equity firm Vista Equity Partners has sold software company Apptio in a deal with IBM for a reported $4.6 billion, a 142 percent return on investment. ....
View ArticleRobert Smith’s Vista Equity Firm Expands On AI By Raising Over $20B In Funding
Vista Equity Partners recently closed in on funding by raising over $20 billion for its eighth flagship fund. Founded by billionaire Robert Smith, the fund is an expansion on a capital campaign...
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