Barry Salzberg

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]

• "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