Jacob Smith

Director at Independent Life

Jacob D. Smith is a Partner of LKCM Headwater Investments and a Principal, General Counsel, and Chief Compliance Officer of Luther King Capital Management. Mr. Smith currently serves on the boards of Independent Insurance Group, Archer Systems, ProbablyMonsters, and Buckhorn Water Services. He has responsibility for oversight of legal, structuring, operational, investment, and other matters associated with the private equity and other alternative asset strategies offered by LKCM and LKCM Headwater Investments.

Prior to joining LKCM in 2006, Mr. Smith was an Enforcement Attorney with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission. He previously was a corporate/securities attorney with Haynes and Boone, LLP. Mr. Smith received his Juris Doctor, Magna Cum Laude, from the Southern Methodist University School of Law. He also received a Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance, summa cum laude, from the University of Central Arkansas.