Adam Dell | |
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| Born | January 14, 1970 Houston, Texas, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Tulane University (BA) University of Texas at Austin (JD) |
| Occupation | Entrepreneur |
| Children | 1 |
| Relatives | Michael Dell (brother) |
Adam R. Dell (born January 14, 1970) is an American venture capitalist and the brother of Michael Dell, the founder of computer manufacturing company Dell Inc. [1]
Dell was born in Houston, Texas, to a German-Jewish family. [2] He earned a BA in political economy from Tulane University and a JD from Texas Law. [3] [4] 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. [5] [6]
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. [7] He then joined Crosspoint Venture Partners, in Woodside, California, where he became a partner in 1999. [8] In 2000 he formed Impact Venture Partners, a $100mm early stage venture capital firm, in New York City. [8] [9] 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. [10] [11] [12]
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, [13] which was acquired by Dell, Inc. in 2008 [14] and Domain Money, a financial advisory business. Dell was an adjunct professor at Columbia Business School teaching business, technology, innovation. He is a visiting professor at Texas Law where he teaches a class on the role of law in innovation. [4] [15]