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Corporate Success Story: Contrarian Business Strategies, Integrity and Humanity
Who: Sy Sternberg
Chairman Of The Board & Chief Executive Officer
New York Life Insurance Company
What: VIP Distinguished Speaker Series
When: November 4, 2004, 5:30 - 6:30 p.m.
Where: UTC 2.112a
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Why attend: Sy Sternberg is chairman of the board and chief
executive officer of New York Life Insurance Company, the largest
mutual life insurance company in the United States and one of the
largest life insurers in the world. Appointed by President
Clinton, he served as a United States representative to the
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Business Advisory Council.
Bio: Mr. Sternberg joined New York Life in 1989 as senior
vice president in charge of the company’s group insurance
department. In February 1995, Mr. Sternberg was elected vice
chairman of the board of New York Life, and became president and
chief operating officer on October 1, 1995. He became chairman of
the board and chief executive officer on April 1, 1997. Before
joining New York Life in 1989, Mr. Sternberg spent 13 years at the
Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company.
In 1999, Mr. Sternberg was appointed by President Clinton and served
through 2002 as one of three United States representatives to the
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Business Advisory Council (ABAC).
He is currently a member of the Board of the US-China Business
Council.
A native of Brooklyn, New York, Mr. Sternberg earned a Bachelor of
Electrical Engineering degree from the City College of New York in
1965 and an M.S.E.E. degree from Northeastern University in 1968. He
received a Chartered Life Underwriter designation in 1976.
Mr. Sternberg is the father of two grown daughters, Jodi and Donna,
and resides in Purchase, N.Y., with his wife, Laurie, and their son,
Matthew.
More info: Contact
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For information on speaking events at McCombs, contact Public Affairs Representative Gayle Hight, 512-475-6423, gayle.hight@mccombs.utexas.edu.
