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]}

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]}

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