Peter Oppenheimer

Last updated
Peter Oppenheimer
Born (1963-01-14) January 14, 1963 (age 61)
Education California Polytechnic State University (BA)
Santa Clara University (MBA)
Known for1st CFO of Apple
Board member of Goldman Sachs
SpouseMary Beth

Peter Oppenheimer is the former senior vice president and Chief Financial Officer of Apple Inc. and has been a member of the board of directors of Goldman Sachs since 2014.

Contents

Oppenheimer spent 18 years at Apple, reporting directly to CEO Tim Cook and serving on the company's executive committee. As CFO, Oppenheimer oversaw the controller, treasury, investor relations, tax, information systems, internal audit, facilities, corporate development, and human resources functions. He retired from Apple in 2014.

Education

Oppenheimer attended California Polytechnic State University where he was a member of the Alpha Gamma Rho fraternity. He graduated with a BA in Agricultural Business in 1985, [1] later receiving an MBA from Santa Clara University, both with honors.

In 2015, Oppenheimer and his wife, Mary Beth, made a $20 million cash donation to Cal Poly, the university's largest to date. [1]

Career

Oppenheimer spent six years in the Information Technology Consulting Practice with Coopers and Lybrand (now PricewaterhouseCoopers) where he managed financial, systems engagements for clients in the insurance, telecommunications, transportation and banking industries. Oppenheimer then joined Automatic Data Processing (ADP), where he was Chief Financial Officer of the Claims Services Division. [2] [3]

In 1996, Oppenheimer joined Apple as controller for the Americas. In 1997, he was promoted to vice president and Worldwide Sales controller and then to corporate controller.

On March 3, 2014, Oppenheimer announced that he would be joining the Board of Directors of Goldman Sachs as an independent director. In 2014, Oppenheimer retired from Apple and was replaced by Luca Maestri. [4]

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Goldman Sachs</span> American investment bank

The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. is an American multinational investment bank and financial services company. Founded in 1869, Goldman Sachs is headquartered in Lower Manhattan in New York City, with regional headquarters in many international financial centers. Goldman Sachs is the second-largest investment bank in the world by revenue and is ranked 55th on the Fortune 500 list of the largest United States corporations by total revenue. In the Forbes Global 2000 of 2024, Goldman Sachs ranked 23rd. It is considered a systemically important financial institution by the Financial Stability Board.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">James A. Bell</span> American businessman

James Aaron Bell is a retired American executive of The Boeing Company.

George Reyes is the former CFO of Google. He was formerly a director of BEA Systems, Symantec, and LifeLock.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Peter Weinberg</span> American businessman

Peter Amory Weinberg is an American businessman. He spent almost twenty years of his career at Goldman Sachs before co-founding Perella Weinberg Partners with merger specialist, Joseph Perella in 2006. The firm provides M&A advisory and alternative asset management services. Weinberg is its chief executive officer and founding partner.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Charles Noski</span> American business executive

Charles H. Noski was the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Wells Fargo & Company from March 2020 to August 2021. He previously held a variety of positions, including the position of CFO at AT&T, Bank of America, and Northrop Grumman, as well as the positions of director and chairman of the audit committee of Microsoft.

Fred D. Anderson is an American business executive known for his time with Apple Inc. and as a managing director and co-founder of Elevation Partners.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Suzanne Nora Johnson</span> American corporate lawyer and executive

Suzanne Nora Johnson is an American corporate lawyer and executive. Until 2007, she was vice chairman of Goldman Sachs, chair of the Global Markets Institute, head of the firm's Global Investment Research Division, and a member of the firm's management committee. She is the chair of Intuit since 2022.

Sir Mark Edward Tucker is an English businessman, best known for his various roles at Prudential plc, where he was the CEO until September 2009. He currently serves as group chairman of HSBC.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jim O'Neill, Baron O'Neill of Gatley</span> British economist (born 1957)

Terence James O'Neill, Baron O'Neill of Gatley is a British economist best known for coining BRIC, the acronym that stands for Brazil, Russia, India, and China—the four once rapidly developing countries that he predicted would challenge the global economic power of the developed G7 economies. He is also a former chairman of Goldman Sachs Asset Management and former Conservative government minister.

David Alan Viniar was the CFO and executive vice president at Goldman Sachs from 1999 until January 31, 2013. He is currently on the board of directors of Goldman Sachs.

David B. Kellermann was the acting chief financial officer of Freddie Mac in early 2009.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Harvey Schwartz</span> American investment banker

Harvey M. Schwartz is an American businessman. He is CEO of The Carlyle Group, the world's fifth-largest private equity firm. He is also group chairperson and a non-executive director of The Bank of London, a clearing and transaction bank. He is on the board of SoFi, a San Francisco-based fintech company, and One Mind, a mental health and brain research nonprofit organization. He worked at Goldman Sachs from 1997 to 2018, with his last post there being president and co-chief operating officer.

Beth Elaine Mooney is an American financial executive who is the first woman to be CEO of a top-20 U.S. bank. On May 1, 2011 KeyCorp named Mooney its chairwoman and chief executive officer of the Cleveland, Ohio-based bank. From November 2010 until May 1, 2011, she was the president and the chief operating officer at KeyCorp.

Luca Maestri is an Italian businessman. He is the chief financial officer (CFO) of Apple Inc. until the end of 2024.

Peter Darbee is a business leader and executive. He has worked on climate change issues and supported carbon legislation.

Jessica Rodgers Uhl is an American business executive. She is the president of GE Vernova, the vice chair of Mission Possible Partnership, an independent director of Goldman Sachs, and a member of the School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University (SIPA) Center on Global Energy Policy advisory board. She is a former CFO of Shell and serves as a director. She has been recognized as one of the top 50 "Most Powerful Women" by Forbes for her global leadership, and by Fortune for her business leadership.

Ramon Martin Chavez is an American investment banker and entrepreneur. He is vice chairman and partner of Sixth Street Partners. Previously, he served in a variety of senior roles at Goldman Sachs, including chief information officer (2014–2017), chief financial officer, and global co-head of the firm's Securities Division. Marty was also a partner and member of Goldman's management committee. He was the chief technology officer and co-founder of Quorum Software Systems and CEO and co-founder of Kiodex. He is chairman of the board of computational pharmaceutical company Recursion, Board Observer of biotech company Earli and longevity biopharma company Cambrian Biopharma, and board member of Alphabet Inc.

Simon Paul Dingemans is an English former banker and businessman. Until May 2019 he was chief financial officer at GlaxoSmithKline. In July 2019 he was appointed chair of the Financial Reporting Council, and was set to lead its transition into the Audit, Reporting and Governance Authority, but left in May 2020.

Stephen Scherr was the chief executive officer of Hertz and a member of its board of directors from February 2022 to March 2024.

References

  1. 1 2 "Peter and Mary Beth Oppenheimer Pledge $20 Million to Cal Poly". Cal Poly. March 3, 2014. Archived from the original on October 11, 2016. Retrieved July 2, 2016.
  2. "Goldman Sachs | Board of Directors - Peter Oppenheimer". Goldman Sachs. Retrieved 2019-01-30.
  3. "Apple's Peter Oppenheimer to Retire at the End of September". Apple Newsroom. Retrieved 2019-01-30.
  4. Sarah Rabil (March 3, 2014). "Apple CFO Oppenheimer to Retire as Maestri Set to Succeed". Bloomberg. Retrieved March 4, 2014.