"Vista founder Robert F. Smith admitted to illegally hiding some of his own income offshore but avoided prosecution by agreeing to testify against Brockman and pay $139 million in back taxes and penalties."
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"Front Office Sports reported this month that Robert F. Smith had emerged as a possible bidder, which would make him the first Black owner in the league's history."
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"The stakes are high as well for billionaire Robert F. Smith and his firm, Vista Equity Partners. "
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"The much-delayed conference in the German capital drew some of the biggest names in the buyout world, including Carlyle Group Inc. Chief Executive Officer Kewsong Lee, J.C. Flowers Founder J. Christopher Flowers, Vista Equity Partners Chairman Robert F. Smith and Thoma Bravo Managing Partner Orlando Bravo."
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"Vista, which focuses on investments in enterprise software companies, was founded by billionaire Robert F. Smith in 2000. "
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"Robert T. Brockman, facing the largest tax-evasion case in U.S. history, is seeking access to national security information that he claims helped fellow billionaire Robert F. Smith avoid prosecution in exchange for his cooperation against Brockman."
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"A Houston tax attorney pleaded not guilty to charges that he and Robert F. Smith used a network of offshore entities, nominees and secret foreign bank accounts to help the billionaire hide $225 million from the Internal Revenue Service."
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"A Houston tax attorney was charged with creating offshore entities and foreign bank accounts that helped billionaire Robert F. Smith hide $225 million from the Internal Revenue Service, according to the Justice Department."
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"Cline and Rogers are both alumni of Goldman Sachs Group Inc., where Vista's billionaire founder Robert F. Smith worked before he left to start the firm."
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"U.S. prosecutors and Internal Revenue Service agents spent four years piercing the veil of secrecy that billionaire money manager Robert F. Smith wove to hide more than $200 million in income. "
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"Vista is a San Francisco-based private equity firm set up in 2000 by Robert F. Smith with an investment from Brockman that grew to $1 billion. "
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"Billionaire Robert F. Smith has been hailed as a brilliant investor who built Vista Equity Partners into a private equity powerhouse and a generous philanthropist lauded for paying off the student debt of Morehouse College's entire graduating class last year."
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