Robert F. Smith, this year's commencement speaker, made the announcement Sunday morning while addressing nearly 400 graduating seniors of the all-male historically black college in Atlanta. Smith is the Founder and CEO of Vista Equity Partners, a private equity firm that invests in software, data, and technology-driven companies.
The announcement elicited stunned looks from faculty and students alike, before the graduates broke into the biggest cheers of the morning. Morehouse said it is the single largest gift to the college. Smith said he expected the recipients to "pay it forward" and said he hoped that "every class has the same opportunity going forward."
His mother, Tina Mitchum, was also shocked. Eight family members, including Mitchum's 76-year-old grandmother, took turns over four years co-signing on the loans that got him across the finish line.
All the trust fund kids are screaming 'Socialism!!!!'
Great of him!!!! Now where was he when I needed him a decade ago?
for the tots!
Glad to see everyone here immediately thought of Michael Scott!😂