Robert F. Smith at NC A&T State University on His Hometown of Denver, Colorado

In this fireside chat with Harold L. Martin Sr., Ph.D., Chancellor of North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, Robert F. Smith, the Founder, Chairman and CEO of Vista Equity Partners (Vista), shared stories from his upbringing in his hometown of Denver, Colorado. Despite growing up during the Civil Rights Movement in a segregated neighborhood of Denver, Smith shared that he always felt loved, looked after and encouraged in his beloved community.