Background
Smelick, Robert Malcolm was born on March 27, 1942 in Phoenix, Arizona, United States. Son of Valentine and Mary Helen (McDonald) Smelick.
Smelick, Robert Malcolm was born on March 27, 1942 in Phoenix, Arizona, United States. Son of Valentine and Mary Helen (McDonald) Smelick.
Bachelor, Stanford University, 1964. Master of Business Administration, Harvard University, 1968. Postgraduate, University Melbourne, Australia, 1965—1966.
Vice president Kidder Peabody & Company, New York City, 1968—1979, San Francisco, 1968—1979. Managing director First Boston Corporation, 1979—1989. Managing principal & founder Sterling-Payot Company, since 1989.
Board directors Willamette Industries, Portland, Oregon, Accrue Software, Inc., Sunnyvale, California.
Married Gail Paine Sterling, December 10, 1979. Children: Christopher Paine, Alexandra McBryde, Gillian Sterling.