Ben T. Smith IV is a Board Member, Senior Partner and Global Lead for Kearney's Digital and Analytics practice. Smith is a key adviser to Kearney’s large clients and its board on digital transformations, strategy, acquisitions and investment. As a board member and member of the firm's finance and audit committee, Smith has helped drive change in its capital structure to support Kearney's growth and improvement of financial performance over the past five years. He also supports the development of the firm’s venture capital relationships, where he founded Kearney Venture Capital to drive innovative and impactful acquisitions. Before leading Kearney’s Digital and Analytics practice, Smith ran the high-growth Communications, Media and Technology practice in the Americas.
Smith joined Kearney in 1994, rising to leadership as one of the firm’s youngest partners. He co-founded Kearney’s dot.com investment fund and advised the US government post-9/11. Smith left the firm in 2002 and garnered diverse experience in venture capital, operations and public boards, facilitating $6 billion in capital raises, divestitures and acquisitions. He returned to Kearney in 2016 as a partner.
Smith graduated from Carnegie Mellon University's Tepper School of Business with an MBA in strategy and technology. He holds an undergraduate degree in mechanical engineering from the University of California, Davis.
