Seymour G. Sternberg

{{Infobox person | name = Seymour Sternberg | other_names = Sy Sternberg | image = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1943|6|24|mf=y}} | birth_place = New York City, New York | death_date = | death_place = | occupation = Chairman and former chief executive officer of New York Life | website = [http://www.newyorklife.com/about/executive-management-committee/ NYL Executive Management Committee] }}

'''Seymour "Sy" Sternberg''' (born June 24, 1943) is the former chairman and CEO of New York Life Insurance Company. He retired as CEO on June 30, 2008. He also sits on the board of directors for the United States Chamber of Commerce,<ref>[http://www.uschamber.com/about/board/all.htm ] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060901190913/http://www.uschamber.com/about/board/all.htm |date=September 1, 2006 }}</ref> Northeastern University,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.neu.edu/neuhome/aboutnortheastern/trustees.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061123193359/http://www.neu.edu/neuhome/aboutnortheastern/trustees.html |archive-date=2006-11-23 |title=About Northeastern > Board of Trustees}}</ref> CIT Group,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cit.com/main/InvestorRelations/BoardOfDirectors.htm |title=CIT Group Inc. - Investor Relations - Board of Directors |accessdate=2006-09-19 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031121111415/http://www.cit.com/main/InvestorRelations/BoardOfDirectors.htm |archive-date=2003-11-21 }}</ref> the New York City Leadership Academy,<ref>[http://www.nycleadershipacademy.org/01_02_02_06_member.html ] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060829162846/http://www.nycleadershipacademy.org/01_02_02_06_member.html |date=August 29, 2006 }}</ref> and Express Scripts Holdings.<ref>http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=69641&p=irol-govboardv {{Dead link|date=February 2022}}</ref> Sternberg previously served as a member of the foundation board of Macaulay Honors College; he supported the college during its early years with a donation of $2 million from New York Life.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Marshall|first=Samantha|date=22 May 2006|title=Program revives CUNY cum laude|work=Crain's New York Business}}</ref>

Sternberg is of Lithuanian and Romanian descent,<ref name=NYT>{{cite news|author=Sy Sternberg Written with Joseph B. Treaster|title=EXECUTIVE LIFE: THE BOSS; From Ice to Insurance |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/09/08/business/executive-life-the-boss-from-ice-to-insurance.html|work=The New York Times|date=September 8, 2002|accessdate=13 March 2008}}</ref> and is Jewish.{{citation needed|date=January 2020}}

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==External links== *Sy Sternberg, [http://www.newyorklife.com/cda/0,3254,14833,00.html Learning a Lesson from China] August 9, 2005, Wall Street Journal Article {{New York Life Insurance Company}} {{Authority control}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sternberg, Seymour}} Category:Northeastern University alumni Category:American businesspeople in the insurance industry Category:Living people Category:1943 births Category:American people of Romanian-Jewish descent Category:American people of Lithuanian-Jewish descent Category:New York Life Insurance Company Category:20th-century American businesspeople