Bob Sternfels

Robert Sternfels is an American businessman who has been the managing partner of McKinsey & Company since July 2021.[1][2]

Early life and education

After growing up in Lodi, California, Sternfels studied history and economics at Stanford University, where he was a member of the NCAA Division I varsity water polo team.[3][4] He went on to further study at Worcester College, Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar. While originally intending to read international law, he ended up studying towards an undergraduate degree in philosophy, politics and economics.[1][5][6]

Career

Sternfels joined McKinsey upon graduating from Oxford University in 1994. At the time of his election to managing partner in 2021, he led the firm's advanced analytics practice and was based in the firm's San Francisco office.[1][7][8] He had previously led McKinsey's operations practice in the US and its private equity practice globally.[9]

He is a board member of QuestBridge, sits on the advisory board of USA Water Polo and is a trustee of the Rhodes Trust.[10][11][12] He has also served as the treasurer of The American Oxonian.[13]

References
  1. "Bob Sternfels Elected Global Managing Partner of McKinsey & Company | McKinsey & Company". www.mckinsey.com. Retrieved 2021-03-10.
  2. "Four McKinsey & Company partners relocate to Paris office". www.consultancy.eu. 2021-06-30. Retrieved 2021-06-30.
  3. "Rhodes Scholars Include Rower, Dancer and Computer Wiz With AM-Rhodes List". AP NEWS. Retrieved 2021-03-13.
  4. "Three Stanford students named Rhodes scholars for 1992". news.stanford.edu. 1991-09-12. Retrieved 2021-03-13.
  5. "Rhodes Scholar Database - Rhodes Trust". Rhodes House - Home of The Rhodes Scholarships. Retrieved 2021-03-10.
  6. Edgecliffe-Johnson, Andrew (10 March 2021). "McKinsey elects Bob Sternfels as next leader of crisis-hit partnership". Financial Times. Retrieved 2021-03-10.
  7. "Bob Sternfels | McKinsey & Company". www.mckinsey.com. Retrieved 2021-03-10.
  8. "Strategieberatung | US-Amerikaner Bob Sternfels wird neuer Chef von McKinsey". Handelsblatt. 2021-03-10.
  9. Fuhrmans, Vanessa (2021-03-10). "McKinsey Names Bob Sternfels as Firm's New Global Managing Partner". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2021-03-10.
  10. "Our Board of Directors". QuestBridge. Retrieved 2021-03-11.
  11. "Ellen Estes Lee, Bob Sternfels to Join USA Water Polo Board of Directors". Swimming World News. 2009-02-06. Retrieved 2021-03-26.
  12. "Trustees, Governance & Financial Statements - Rhodes Trust". Rhodes House - Home of The Rhodes Scholarships. Retrieved 2021-03-10.
  13. "OFFICERS" (PDF). The American Oxonian. XCIX (4). Fall 2012.
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