Adam Dell

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Adam Dell
Born (1970-01-14) January 14, 1970 (age 54)
Houston, Texas, U.S.
OccupationEntrepreneur
Children1
Relatives Michael Dell (brother)

Adam R. Dell (born January 14, 1970) is an American venture capitalist and is the brother of Michael Dell, the founder of computer manufacturing company Dell Inc. [1]

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Early and personal life

Dell was born in Houston, Texas, to a German-Jewish family. [2] He attended Tulane University and the University of Texas School of Law. [3] His elder brother Michael Dell is the founder of the Dell technology company.

In 2010, he became father to a daughter with model and actress Padma Lakshmi. [4]

Career

He began his career working as a corporate attorney for Winstead Sechrest & Minick, in Austin, Texas, before joining the venture capital firm of Enterprise Partners in La Jolla, California. [5] He then joined Crosspoint Venture Partners, in Woodside, California, where he became a partner in 1999. [6] In 2000 he formed Impact Venture Partners, a $100mm early stage venture capital firm, in New York City. [6] [7] Dell joined Austin Ventures as a venture partner in 2009. Dell joined Goldman Sachs as a partner in 2018.

During the course of his career, Dell invested in numerous technology companies such as Hotjobs.com, which was acquired by Yahoo! in 2002; Ingenio, which was acquired by AT&T in 2007; and OpenTable. [8] [9] [10]

Dell founded six companies, Clarity Money, which was acquired by Goldman Sachs in 2018; Civitas Learning; Buzzsaw.com, which was acquired by AutoDesk in 2002; and MessageOne, [11] which was acquired by Dell, Inc. in 2008 [12] and Domain Money, a financial advisory business. Dell was an adjunct professor at both the Business School at Columbia University and the University of Texas School of Law.[ citation needed ]

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References

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  2. ↑ Weiner, Hollace (2007). Lone stars of David: the Jews of Texas. UPNE. p. 257.
  3. ↑ Vena, Jocelyn (March 10, 2016). "Who Are the Men in Padma Lakshmi's Life?". Bravo TV. Retrieved February 4, 2020.
  4. ↑ "Padma Lakshmi Gives Birth To Daughter". Access Hollywood. 22 February 2010.
  5. ↑ Bronstad, Amanda (October 15, 2000). "Adam Dell's Impact". bizjournals.com. Austin Business Journal. Retrieved February 4, 2020.
  6. 1 2 Saracevic, Alan T (25 January 2000). "Venture capital company launched by brother of Dell Computer CEO". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 22 May 2008.
  7. ↑ Gallagher, Leigh (21 February 2000). "Dell ringer". Forbes. Retrieved 22 May 2008.
  8. ↑ Noto, Anthony (October 21, 2016). "ABig week for Dell family: Adam Dell unveils AI-powered personal finance app". bizjournals.com. Austin Business Journal. Retrieved February 4, 2020.
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  10. ↑ Zieminski, Nick (February 3, 2010). "Monster to pay $225 million for Yahoo's HotJobs site". Reuters. Retrieved February 4, 2020.
  11. ↑ Pletz, John (11 March 2002). "Adam Dell's Message One Tries to Tame E-Mail Beast". Austin American-Statesman. Austin, Texas. Retrieved 22 May 2008.
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