Robert Smith, an African American billionaire is currently sponsoring the education of 24 Chibok schoolgirls in American University, Yola in Adamawa state.
8 things you must know about US billionaire sponsoring Chibok girls’ education
Malam Garba Sheh, the senior special assistant on the media to President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday, December 27, revealed Smith, at an interaction with media men in Abuja.
We gathered 8 facts things you need to know about Smith:
1. Smith born December 1, 1962 is an American investor
2. He is the son of Ph.D holders who were school teachers
3. He is the founder, chairman and CEO of Vista Equity Partners, an investment firm with over $26 billion in assets as of September 2016
4. He grew up in an African American, middle class neighborhood in Denver.
5. Smith trained as a chemical engineer at Cornell University, bagging his B.S. in Chemical Engineering.
6. Smith is ranked by Forbes as the 268th richest person in America, and the second wealthiest African American on the list, trailing only Oprah Winfrey.
7. He has an estimated net worth of $3 billion USD as of September 2016.
8. Smith is married to former Playboy Playmate, model, healthy living advocate, and fashion editor Hope Dworaczyk Smith. The couple have one child together, son Hendrix Robert Smith.
9. He founded Project Realize– termed “Free Market Philanthropy”– in order to combine the best elements of the American free enterprise system with the core American ideals of giving back and lifting others up.
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