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]

Early and personal life

Dell was born in Houston, Texas, to a German-Jewish family.^[2] He attended Tulane University and the University of Texas School of Law.^[3] 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.^[4]

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.^[5] He then joined Crosspoint Venture Partners, in Woodside, California, where he became a partner in 1999.^[6] In 2000 he formed Impact Venture Partners, a $100mm early stage venture capital firm, in New York City.^[6][7] 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.^[8][9][10]

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,^[11] which was acquired by Dell, Inc. in 2008 ^[12] and Domain Money, a financial advisory business. Dell was an adjunct professor at both the Business School at Columbia University and the University of Texas School of Law.^{[citation needed]}