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The Wo rl d ’s b i l li o na ir e s
The American Dream is alive
and well on Wall Street thanks
to Robert Smith, the richest
black person in America, who
has figured out a way to re-
engineer both private equity
and enterprise software—and
used this secret playbook to
build $4.4 billion fortune.
By naThan VaRdi
Vista Equity
billionaires Brian
Sheth and Robert
Smith: Their LBO-
software mashup
and its eye-
Tim Pannell for forbes
popping returns
are changing the
game.
How to Beat
Silicon Valley
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