Vinny Smith


Vincent Coburn Smith Jr is an American businessman, billionaire, former CEO of Quest Software, co-founder of Patrol Software and founder of Toba Capital.

Education

Smith was born in 1964 in Baltimore, Maryland. After graduating high school he received a bachelor's degree in computer science from the University of Delaware.

Career

After graduation in 1986, he worked as a software developer for Oracle Corp. In 1992, Smith and an associate from Oracle founded Patrol software, After two years it was sold to BMC Software, Inc. for $34 million.
In 1995, Smith invested in Quest Software. He became the Chief Executive Officer of Quest Software. He remained as the CEO from 1998 to 2008, when he became Executive Chairman of Quest. In 2011 Vinny Smith became the CEO of Quest Software again while he continued as chairman. After one year the company was sold to Dell and formed to Dell Software.
Smith founded Toba Capital in 2013 with the funds received Dell. Toba Capital is a venture capital firm in Newport Beach, California. Smith is the sole limited-partner of the company.
In 2019, Smith became the Executive Chairman from WSO2.

Personal life

Smith is married to Kelly Thornton Smith, and they met when both students at the University of Delaware. They have five children.
In 2017, Smith sold his house in Oakley, Utah, for $30 million.

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