R. Adam Smith

Founder at Family Office Private Advisors. R. Adam Smith, combines his twenty years of experience in venture capital and private equity with a lifelong passion for unique brands. Adam held principal roles at leading private equity firms based in New York City, Caxton-Iseman Capital LLC and Castle Harlan, Inc., each with over $2 billion in managed equity capital, as well as tenures at Lehman Brothers and Salomon Brothers Inc. In 2002, he founded Circle Peak Capital (CPC), a private investment partnership. In 2010, he formed investment company Design Holdings Co LLC (DHC) to invest in a leading online global source for unique vintage furniture, antiques, art, jewelry, fashion and design. Adam graduated from the Graduate School of Business at Columbia University with an MBA with honors and from Boston University cum laude with a BA in International Relations and Economics. He is an active alumnus of Columbia Business School, a founding board member of Columbia’s Private Equity Advisory Board, and a founder of the Investment Management Conference. He is a member of hedge fund advisory company, Stride Capital. Involved in @ 20 principal investments since 1998 with over $300 million of private capital and over $2B in sales. Board member of, or Board advisor to, ten private companies. Philanthropic and non-profit ventures involving cancer, education, music, and world peace. He is one of the founders of the Friends of Leukemia Fighters, an oncology non-profit associated with the Weill Medical College of Cornell University and New York Presbyterian Hospital of New York City; chairman, Inaugural Piece for Peace Concert of the Tanenbaum Center in New York City; mentor to the Founders Institute.