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Biography
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.
Biography
Early life
Adam Dell was born in Houston, Texas. He attended Memorial High School, Tulane University and the University of Texas School of Law.
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, in 1997. He then joined Crosspoint Venture Partners, in Woodside, California where he became a partner in 1999. In 2000 he formed Impact Venture Partners, an early stage venture capital firm, in New York City. Dell is currently a Venture Partner at Austin Ventures.
During the course of his career, Dell has invested in numerous technology companies such as Hotjobs.com, which was acquired by Yahoo! in 2002; Connectify, which was acquired by Kana Software in 2000; Ingenio, which was acquired by AT&T in 2007; and OpenTable. He has founded two companies, Buzzsaw.com, which was acquired by AutoDesk in 2002, and MessageOne, which was acquired by Dell, Inc. in 2008.
Dell was a visiting professor at the University of Texas School of Law, where he taught a class on the role of law in innovation.
In October 2016, Dell launched the consumer financial app, Clarity Money. The startup, backed by George Soros and Bessemer Venture Partners, claims to "use artificial intelligence and data science to help consumers make smarter financial decisions.".
Personal
Dell has a daughter, Krishna Thea Lakshmi-Dell, with Padma Lakshmi.