Scott Smith is an independent candidate in the 2016 Presidential race, with a background in Wall Street finance. Smith is a serial entrepreneur, having founded companies in such diverse industries as agriculture, finance, housing, education, media, and technology. He began his career as a pioneer grower of Sunburst tangerines. In the 1990s Smith was an early pioneer in structured finance, developing the model for conduit financing that allowed commercial real estate mortgages to be originated and securitized independent of third-party credit enhancement for the first time. On the strength of h...