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Thomas Sidney "Tad" Smith, Jr. (born June 1965) is an American businessman, the president and chief executive officer of Sotheby's. Smith is also an adjunct professor at New York University's Stern School of Business.
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- The future of television with tad smith episode 1
- Education
- Career
- Personal life
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Education
Smith received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, where he won the R.W. Van de Velde Prize. He later received an MBA from Harvard Business School, where he was a George F. Baker Scholar and a Horace W. Goldsmith Fellow.
Career
Smith was CEO of the US part of Reed Business Information.
For five years until 2014, Smith worked for Cablevision in a variety of executive positions.
From February 2014 to March 2015, Smith was president and CEO of New York’s Madison Square Garden, doubling net profits in the second half of that year.
Sotheby's announced on 16 March 2015 that Smith would succeed William F. Ruprecht as its president and CEO. Smith's basic salary will be $1.4 million, plus "target annual bonus opportunity will be 200% of his annual base salary", and "long-term incentive award opportunities" in Sotheby's shares.
Since 1999, Smith has taught at New York University's Stern School of Business, where he is an adjunct professor in the finance department, and runs a course entitled, "Strategy and Finance for Technology, Media, and Entertainment Companies".
Personal life
Smith is married to Caroline Mitchell Fitzgibbons, a realtor. They have two children, and live in Bronxville, New York.