Barry Salzberg

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Barry Salzberg
Alma mater Brooklyn College
Brooklyn Law School (JD; 1977)
New York University School of Law (LLM in tax)
Employer Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited
TitleGlobal Chief Executive Officer

Barry Salzberg (born October 1953) is an American businessman, accountant, and lawyer. [1] [2] Salzberg is full-time Professor at Columbia University and former global Chief Executive Officer of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited, a position he held from June 2011 until May 2015. [3] [4] [5]

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Biography

Salzberg is Jewish, and grew up in a poor neighborhood in Brooklyn, the youngest of five siblings. [6] His parents were clerks, and he and his older sister were the first in his family to attend university. [7] 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. [8] He is the father of Matt Salzberg co-founder of Blue Apron. [9]

Salzberg earned an undergraduate B.S. degree in accounting from Brooklyn College in 1974, a JD from Brooklyn Law School (1977), and an LLM in tax from the New York University School of Law. [10] [3] [5] [11]

Salzberg joined Deloitte 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. [3] [5]

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  7. ↑ "Accountant Middle East – Barry Salzberg". Accountancyme.com. July 31, 2013. Archived from the original on August 24, 2013. Retrieved November 16, 2013.
  8. ↑ "Deloitte CEO Barry Salzberg on Leadership as 'the Norm, Not the Exception'". Knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu. May 11, 2011. Retrieved November 16, 2013.
  9. ↑ Editorial, Inc (June 13, 2014). "Father and Son CEOs on Authentic Leadership". Inc.com. Retrieved March 11, 2022.
  10. ↑ "Barry Salzberg : CV" (PDF). 8.gsb.columbia.edu. Retrieved March 8, 2022.
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