Alex Smith, CFA

Alex is a partner and senior advisor at Brown Advisory. Prior to the May 2018 combination of Meritage Capital with Brown Advisory, he was the founder and chief executive officer of Meritage Capital. Prior to establishing Meritage Capital, Alex founded and was a managing director of Dell Ventures, the private equity arm of Dell Inc. He also served as vice president and treasurer for Dell prior to starting Dell Ventures. Before his time at Dell, Alex held finance and treasury positions at Commodore International, Ltd. and EDS. Alex’s career spans more than 30 years in the global financial markets and the high-tech industry sectors. Alex is president of St. James’s Park Holding, LLC, an Austin, Texas-based family office. Alex currently serves as a member of the finance committee and as a member of the board of trustees of Children’s Medical Center Foundation of Central Texas, he previously served as chairman. His deep respect for the importance of the University of Florida is evidenced by his roles as a member of the Dean’s Business Advisory Council for University of Florida’s Warrington College of Business Administration and as a member of the board of the University of Florida Investment Company. He is also a member of the MBA Investment Fund Advisory Committee at the University of Texas at Austin.