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Brian Sheth
Overview
- Source of Wealth
- investments
- Industry
- Finance & Investments
- Residence
- Austin, Texas
- Education
- University of Pennsylvania (Bachelor of Arts/Science)
- Marital Status
- Married
- Children
- 2
Biography
Brian Sheth cofounded private equity firm Vista Equity Partners in 2000 with Robert Smith.
Sheth oversees all deal-making at Vista, which has in recent years conducted more software acquisitions than any other company or investor.
Prior to launching Vista, where he serves as president, Sheth worked at Bain Capital, Goldman Sachs and Deutsche Morgan Grenfell.
He received a Bachelor of Science degree in economics from the University of Pennsylvania.
Sheth is chairman of Global Wildlife Conservation, an environmental foundation based in Austin, Texas.
About
Sheth grew up lower-middle class in a Boston suburb; his father is an immigrant from India and his mother Irish-Catholic.