Joshua Steiner

Joshua L. Steiner is a partner at SSW Partners and a senior adviser at Bloomberg LP., where he was previously Head of Industry Verticals.[1] He is the co-author of From Mistakes to Meaning:  Owning Your Past So It Doesn’t Own You, a bestselling examination of how mistakes reveal hidden aspects of personalities.

During his tenure at Bloomberg, Steiner oversaw the company's non-financial information businesses, venture capital fund, and corporate development and strategy teams. He also led company-wide initiatives in data privacy, emerging markets growth, and market liberalization.[2]

In 2008, during President Obama's transition into office, Joshua Steiner served as an adviser to the Obama administration regarding economy policy.[3]

Previously he was a Managing Director at Lazard Frères & Co. and former Chief of Staff of the U.S. Treasury Department in the Clinton administration.[4][5]

Department of Treasury

While Steiner was Chief of Staff of the U.S. Treasury Department in the Clinton Administration, he came into national news as a result of the Whitewater investigations where he testified before Congress on the contacts between the Treasury and the Clinton White House.[6] He testified before the Senate Banking Committee on August 2, 1994 claiming that he had made "misrepresentations" in his own diary.[7] He was quickly branded as "the kid who lied to his own diary" as his testimony was largely seen as an attempt to cover for the Clinton White House.[8]

Other affiliations

He serves on the board of the International Rescue Committee [9] and the Agora Institute at Johns Hopkins University. He is an honorary trustee of the New York Public Library, where he was previously the vice chair of the board.[5][10] Steiner served on the Board of Trustees at Yale University Art Gallery from 2018 to at least 2023.[11]

Publications

From Mistakes to Meaning: Owning Your Past So It Doesn’t Own You (Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster) ISBN 1668080222

References

  1. ↑ "Steiner, head of industry verticals, is leaving Bloomberg". Talking Biz News. Retrieved May 31, 2018.
  2. ↑ "Joshua Steiner, Former Quadrangle Principal, Joins Bloomberg". The Wall Street Journal. January 15, 2013.
  3. ↑ Stoll, John; McCracken, Jeffrey (26 January 2009). "Bankruptcy Fears Grip Auto-Parts Suppliers". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2020-01-13.
  4. ↑ Dugan, Ianthe Jeanne (2000-03-01). "Top Executive Leaving Lazard Freres". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2020-01-13.
  5. 1 2 Fuchs, Hailey (June 22, 2018). "Yale chooses Hill GRD '85 to lead Corporation". yaledailynews.com. Retrieved 2020-01-13.
  6. ↑ Riley, Russell (6 November 2005). "For History's Sake, Nothing Like a Paper Trail". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on 10 August 2018.
  7. ↑ Rich, Frank (1994-08-04). "Opinion | Journal; A Blip on the Screen". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-01-13.
  8. ↑ "Who Says a Diary Can't Lie?". Newsweek. 28 August 1994.
  9. ↑ "IRC Board and Advisors". IRC.
  10. ↑ Pogrebin, Robin (2008-03-11). "Stephen Schwarzman - New York Public Library". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-01-13.
  11. ↑ "Joshua L. Steiner: Philanthropy Profile | Yale University Art Gallery". Patron View. Retrieved 8 August 2026.