罗伯特 史密斯 Robert F. Smith Private Equity Keys to Success and Life

金融亿万富豪 - 罗伯特·F·史密斯 - Vista Equity Partners

Billionaire Robert F. Smith: Private Equity, Keys to Success and Life

Robert Frederick Smith (born December 1, 1962) is an American businessman, investor and philanthropist. A former chemical engineer and investment banker, he is the founder, chairman and CEO of private equity firm Vista Equity Partners. Smith was ranked by Forbes in 2016 as the 274th richest person in America, the second wealthiest African American on the list after Oprah Winfrey

An interview with billionaire private equity investor and founder and CEO of Vista Equity Partners, Robert F. Smith. In this interview Robert discusses how he invests in technology through his private equity fund. Robert also talks about his early life and how became so successful. 

0:00 Introduction
0:46 Never lost any money on any private equity deal
1:56 Why does your firm focus on enterprise software?
4:35 Early life 
8:14 Internalising segregation
9:29 College
11:59 Did you go straight to Wall Street?
17:18 Keys to success?
21:18 Philanthropy 
25:13 How many people of colour do you see in key positions?
28:05 What does our nation need to do to help people build assets?
30:20 How do you help people who don't realise they can be wealthy?
32:42 Importance of having a sponsor?
35:45 If we had a fairer split of R&D money, would it help to close the inequality gap?