Robert F. Smith (investor)
American businessman known for tax evasion (born 1962)
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- Robert Frederick Smith (born December 1, 1962) is an American businessman.
- Globally, Smith is among the ranking The World's Billionaires with a net worth exceeding US$10.
- From 2000 to 2015, Smith engaged in tax evasion, and in 2020, he settled one of the largest individual tax fraud cases in United States history, agreeing to repay $139M and testify against the financial advisors he had hired.
- His parents were Dr.
- Sylvia Myrna Smith, the principal of George Washington High School.
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WikipediaRobert Frederick Smith (born December 1, 1962) is an American businessman. He is the founder, chairman, and CEO of private equity firm Vista Equity Partners. Globally, Smith is among the ranking The World's Billionaires with a net worth exceeding US$10.6 billion as of 2025. From 2000 to 2015, Smith engaged in tax evasion, and in 2020, he settled one of the largest individual tax fraud cases in United States history, agreeing to repay $139M and testify against the financial advisors he had hired.
Smith was born in Denver, Colorado, the fourth generation in his family to be born in Colorado. His parents were Dr. William Robert Smith, an elementary school principal, and Dr. Sylvia Myrna Smith, the principal of George Washington High School. Both parents had PhDs in education.
Smith grew up in a predominantly African-American middle class neighborhood in East Denver. When he was an infant, his mother carried him to the March on Washington, where Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech.
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