Brian Sheth

Brian N. Sheth is the former President of Vista Equity Partners, a private equity fund based in Austin, Texas. Sheth was listed in the Forbes 2018 World Billionaires list with an estimated net worth of $2 billion. He was also a member of Fortune’s 2015 “40 under 40” list and Forbes’ 40 under 40 in 2015. In 2020, Forbes ranked him No. 359 in the Forbes 400 list of the richest people in America. Early life His father was an immigrant from India who worked in finance and marketing, and his Irish-Catholic mother worked as an insurance analyst. Education and early career Sheth holds a B.S. in Economics from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He worked in the mergers and acquisitions groups at Goldman Sachs and Deutsche Morgan Grenfell, where he advised clients in a variety of industries, including software, hardware, semiconductors, and online media.