The Manipulative, Little Known Billionaire Who Nearly Ruined The Country’s Richest Black Person
Christopher Helman, 05 February 2021
Ever since Ford Motor Company began selling its Model T in 1908, few pieces of technology have been as important to car dealer profit margins as the DocuPad.
The 45-by-29-inch flat screen sits atop a salesman’s desk, giving him the ability to quickly coax customers through what would normally be mountains of paperwork. By enabling car buyers to check boxes with a stylus and sign contracts on the interactive screen, the DocuPad takes the friction out of a car salesman’s stock in trade—the upsell. Continue reading “Article: The Manipulative, Little Known Billionaire Who Nearly Ruined The Country’s Richest Black Person”
Larry Smith spent the first 25 years of his career working on Wall Street as an analyst with a primary focus on biotechnology and pharmaceutical stocks, as well as many other industries. He spent the majority of this time with Smith Barney and Hambrecht & Quist and was Executive Vice President, Director of Equities and Fixed Income Research, Chairman of the Investment Policy Committee, a member of the Board of Directors, on the Operating Committee and on the Commitment Committee. At Hambrecht & Quist, he was a Managing Director, Manager of Life Sciences Research, on the Operating Committee, on the Commitment Committee and was also Chairman of Annual H&Q Life Sciences Conference for six years. In 2003, Smith founded DLS Research, LLC, a subscription research firm. Smith received a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Purdue University, an M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford University and an MBA from Columbia University.
Gordon Smith became Co-President and Chief Operating Officer of JPMorgan Chase in 2018. He is also the CEO of Consumer & Community Banking. 
Jeffrey G. Smith is a partner at Wolf Haldenstein. He graduated from Dutchess Community College (A. A. 1972), 
U.S. Senator Tina Smith (D-MN) is a minority member of the US Senate Committee on Banking. She serves as United States Senator for Minnesota. She graduated from Stanford University and in 1984, earned an MBA from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College. She’s served as Chief of Staff to both Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak and Governor Mark Dayton. In 2014, Tina was elected to serve as Minnesota’s 48th Lieutenant Governor. Other Committee Assignments include: The Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, and the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs.
Rick Smith, founded Axon Enterprise (formerly TASER International) in 1993. As the TASER device became ubiquitous in law enforcement, Smith pushed the company beyond weapons technology and toward a broader purpose of using hardware, software, and artificial intelligence to make the world a safer place. Smith graduated from Harvard with a BA in biology and later earned a master’s in international finance from the University of Leuven in Belgium and an MBA from the University of Chicago.