Robert King "Bob" Steel (b. August 3, 1951) is an American business leader and an expert on financial institutions and markets. He served as Under Secretary for Domestic Finance of the United States Treasury from 2006-08. He has also served as president and CEO of Wachovia Corporation and as vice chair of Goldman Sachs, and he serves or has served on the boards of several non-profits.
The second of three boys, Steel grew up in Durham, North Carol...
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Robert King "Bob" Steel (b. August 3, 1951) is an American business leader and an expert on financial institutions and markets. He served as Under Secretary for Domestic Finance of the United States Treasury from 2006-08. He has also served as president and CEO of Wachovia Corporation and as vice chair of Goldman Sachs, and he serves or has served on the boards of several non-profits.
The second of three boys, Steel grew up in Durham, North Carolina, attending public schools near Duke University, his future college. He was a Boy Scout and attained the rank of Eagle Scout. His late father, Charles Steel, III, was a life insurance agent and his mother, Elizabeth, was a homemaker.
He received his undergraduate degree from Duke in 1973, majoring in history and political science. He received his Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Chicago in 1984.
Steel lives in Greenwich, Connecticut; he is married to Gillian Steel and they have three daughters. He enjoys...
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