Robert Frederick Smith 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.
- Occupation
- investor, investment banker
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- December 1, 1962
- Website
- https://robertsmith.com/, https://robertfsmith.org/, https://www.vistaequitypartners.com/about/team/robert-f-smith/
