Barry Salzberg (born October 1953) is an American businessman, accountant, and lawyer. Salzberg is full-time Professor at Columbia University and former global Chief Executive Officer of

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Limited, a position he held from June 2011 until May 2015.

Biography

Salzberg is Jewish, and grew up in a poor neighborhood in

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, the youngest of five siblings. His parents were clerks, and he and his older sister were the first in his family to attend university. His father died while Salzberg was in high school, so he worked to help his family financially, and continued to live at home and work while he attended college. He is the father of

Matt Salzberg Matt Salzberg is a businessperson and entrepreneur, known for co-founding Blue Apron (where he was CEO), Embark Veterinary and Suma Brands. He is currently founder and Managing Partner at Material, a venture fund focused on systematic company creat ...

co-founder of

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. Salzberg earned an undergraduate B.S. degree in accounting from Brooklyn College in 1974, a JD from

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(1977), and an LLM in tax from the

New York University School of Law New York University School of Law (NYU Law) is the law school of New York University, a private research university in New York City. Established in 1835, it is the oldest law school in New York City and the oldest surviving law school in N ...

. Salzberg joined

Deloitte Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited (), commonly referred to as Deloitte, is an international professional services network headquartered in London, England. Deloitte is the largest professional services network by revenue and number of professio ...

in 1977, and became a partner of Deloitte U.S. in 1985. He was the Chief Executive Officer of Deloitte LLP (United States) from 2007 to 2011.

References

External links

"Core Values: An Interview with Barry Salzberg, Chief Executive Officer, Deloitte LLP
''Leaders Magazine'', February 2011
5 reasons nice guy leaders actually finish first
"Fast Company", April 2014 {{DEFAULTSORT:Salzberg, Barry 1953 births American chief executives of financial services companies 20th-century American Jews Deloitte people Brooklyn College alumni Brooklyn Law School alumni Living people New York University School of Law alumni 21st-century American Jews