Reminiscences of David Smith : oral history, 2006.

Biographical Note

Former President, InterPacific.

Scope and Contents

Born 1942 in Bronx, New York; early life and Catholic school education in New York City; early career as accountant in New York and Europe; 1986 joins InterPacific to do international finance and investments; differences between Duty Free Shoppers, General Atlantic Partners and InterPacific; InterPacific-run resorts: Guam, Saipan, Phuket, Bali, Couran Cove, Tahiti; upper Fifth Avenue low income housing real estate; InterPacific business investments; Hawaii Retail Group stores and shopping center; San Francisco real estate holdings and Western Athletic Clubs; Atlantic Philanthropies and anonymous giving; interactions with colleagues at InterPacific and General Atlantic Group Limited; interactions with Charles F. Feeney.

Subjects

• Atlantic Philanthropies (Organization)
• DFS Galleria (Firm)
• Farber, Myron, interviewer.--http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ivr
• International finance.
• Interviews.
• Investments, Foreign.
• Oral histories (literary works)
• Real estate investment.
• Resorts--Finance.
• Smith, David, 1942---Interviews.

Access Conditions

Copyright held by: The Trustees of Columbia University of the City of New York and The Atlantic Philanthropies, 2007.