Steve Kaufman is the retired Chairman and CEO of Arrow Electronics, Inc. (NYSE), which he joined in 1982. During his tenure, Arrow completed over 60 acquisitions in 35 countries and grew from a $500 million US-centric corporation to a $12 billion global enterprise ranking within the top 200 companies on the Fortune 500 list.  In 2005, Electronics Business magazine named Steve one of the ten most influential executives in the electronics industry over the past 25 years. 

Prior to joining Arrow, Steve served in executive capacities with Midland-Ross Corporation and for ten years was with McKinsey and Company, where he was a Principal in their Cleveland office focusing on strategy and operations issues for industrial clients. Following his retirement from Arrow in 2002 he joined the faculty of the Harvard Business School where he has taught for the past 20 years.

During his career he served on the Boards of six public corporations, seven portfolio companies of well-known PE and VC firms, and four philanthropic organizations.

Steve received a BS in Engineering and Economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and an MBA from Harvard University.