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Bob Sternfels

Bob Sternfels

American businessman

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

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Early life and education

After growing up in Lodi, California in San Joaquin County,[3] Sternfels studied history and economics at Stanford University, where he was a member of the NCAA Division I varsity water polo team.[4][5] 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][6][7]

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][8][9] He had previously led McKinsey's operations practice in the US and its private equity practice globally.[10]

He is a board member of QuestBridge, sits on the advisory board of USA Water Polo and is a trustee of the Rhodes Trust.[11][12][13] He has also served as the treasurer of The American Oxonian.[14]

References

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    "Bob Sternfels Elected Global Managing Partner of McKinsey & Company". McKinsey & Company. Retrieved March 10, 2021.
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    "Four McKinsey & Company partners relocate to Paris office". www.consultancy.eu. June 30, 2021. Retrieved June 30, 2021.
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    Fuhrmans, Vanessa (March 10, 2021). "McKinsey Names Bob Sternfels as Firm's New Global Managing Partner". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved December 15, 2023.
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    "Rhodes Scholars Include Rower, Dancer and Computer Wiz With AM-Rhodes List". AP NEWS. Retrieved March 13, 2021.
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    "Three Stanford students named Rhodes scholars for 1992". news.stanford.edu. September 12, 1991. Retrieved March 13, 2021.
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    "Rhodes Scholar Database - Rhodes Trust". Rhodes House - Home of The Rhodes Scholarships. Retrieved March 10, 2021.
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    Edgecliffe-Johnson, Andrew (March 10, 2021). "McKinsey elects Bob Sternfels as next leader of crisis-hit partnership". Financial Times. Retrieved March 10, 2021.
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    "Bob Sternfels". McKinsey & Company. Retrieved March 10, 2021.
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    "Strategieberatung | US-Amerikaner Bob Sternfels wird neuer Chef von McKinsey". Handelsblatt. March 10, 2021.
  10. [10]
    Fuhrmans, Vanessa (March 10, 2021). "McKinsey Names Bob Sternfels as Firm's New Global Managing Partner". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved March 10, 2021.
  11. [11]
    "Our Board of Directors". QuestBridge. Retrieved March 11, 2021.
  12. [12]
    "Ellen Estes Lee, Bob Sternfels to Join USA Water Polo Board of Directors". Swimming World News. February 6, 2009. Retrieved March 26, 2021.
  13. [13]
    "Trustees, Governance & Financial Statements - Rhodes Trust". Rhodes House - Home of The Rhodes Scholarships. Retrieved March 10, 2021.
  14. [14]
    "Officers" (PDF). The American Oxonian. XCIX (4). Fall 2012.
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