Adam Dell

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]

Adam Dell
Born	(1970-01-14) January 14, 1970 (age 55) Houston, Texas, U.S.
Alma mater	Tulane University (BA) University of Texas at Austin (JD)
Occupation	Entrepreneur
Children	1
Relatives	Michael Dell (brother)

Early and personal life

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]

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.^[6] He then joined Crosspoint Venture Partners, in Woodside, California, where he became a partner in 1999.^[7] In 2000 he formed Impact Venture Partners, a $100mm early stage venture capital firm, in New York City.^[7][8] 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.^[9][10][11]

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,^[12] which was acquired by Dell, Inc. in 2008 ^[13] 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][14]