Principals
7
Data Flags
None - Forbes confirms $10.8B net worth, Forbes 400 #88; Vista $100B+ AUM verified; Smartsheet acquisition completed (2025)
Vista Equity Partners
UnknownHigh ConfidenceLast verified: Jan 17, 2026
Details
- Source File
- research/organizations/vista-equity-partners.md
- UID
- fo-vista-equity-partners
Also Known As
VEPVistaVista EquityFund II (when referring to Robert F. Smith's foundation)
Principals (7)
Team Members (5)
Related Entities (3)
Known Associates (7)
Alan Schwartz
Senior MD, Vista; former Bear Stearns CEO
Brian Sheth
Co-Founder, Vista Equity Partners (stepped back 2021)
Dr. David Thomas
Former Morehouse College President
Marc Benioff
Salesforce CEO; friend and fellow philanthropist
Rev. Al Sharpton
Civil rights leader; philanthropic collaboration
Richelieu Dennis
Sundial Brands founder; business associate
T.D. Jakes
Pastor, The Potter's House; received Vista donation
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Sources (26)
- **Forbes**: (Net worth $10.8B, Forbes 400 #88, December 2025)
- **Forbes - Black Billionaires**: (Second-richest Black American, April 2025)
- **Vista Equity Partners**: (Bio, background, career history)
- **Vista Equity Partners 2024 Year in Review**: (2024 capital deployment $6.5B, returns $2.6B)
- **Vista Equity Partners By the Numbers**: (AUM $100B+, Fund VIII $17.9B)
- **Vista Contact**: (Austin HQ: 401 Congress Avenue Suite 3100, TX 78701)
- **Robert F. Smith Official Site**: (Biography, philanthropy, board seats)
- **Robert F. Smith Philanthropy**: (Philanthropic initiatives overview)
- **Fund II Foundation**: (80 grants across 8 focus areas)
- **Giving Pledge**: (Signed 2017, first Black individual)
- **Morehouse College**: ($50M from Fund II Foundation for SFI)
- **Student Freedom Initiative**: (HBCU/MSI/TCU student support)
- **Southern Communities Initiative**: (Co-leader)
- **Carnegie Hall**: (Chairman since 2016, trustee since 2013)
- **RFK Human Rights**: (Board member, Chairman 2013-2020)
- **Cornell Engineering**: (Robert Frederick Smith School)
- **Columbia Business School**: (Board of Overseers)
- **DOJ Press Release**: (2020, $139M settlement)
- **Hope Dworaczyk Smith Wikipedia**: (Bio, MUTHA founder, married July 25, 2015, 4 children)
- **Hope Dworaczyk Smith LinkedIn**: (CEO & Founder MUTHA)
- **MUTHA**: (Hope as founder, conceived 2014, launched 2019)
- **Hope Dworaczyk Smith Official Site**: (CEO, model, entrepreneur, author)
- **The Conscious Kid**: (Hope's connection to cause, 4 African American children)
- **HistoryMakers**: (Children: Hendrix with Hope, Zoe/Eliana/Maximos from prior marriage)
- **Smartsheet Acquisition**: (Sept 2024, $8.4B, $56.50/share)
- **Smartsheet Completion**: (Completed early 2025)
Changelog
- 2025-12-24Major update with comprehensive research using Firecrawl:
- 2025-12-11Enhanced Current Team section with detailed executive leadership structure, investment team composition, and VCG details.
- 2025-12-11Initial research file created. Overview, Principals (Robert F. Smith - Forbes 400, Giving Pledge 2017), Entities (Vista Equity Partners, Fund II Foundation), Investment History, Current Team, Relationships, Recent Activity, Key Characteristics (software-only focus, VCG operational platform), Hiring Signals, Aliases.