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Steven Grossman (politician)
American politician
Steven Grossman (born February 17, 1946) is an American businessman and former Treasurer and Receiver-General of Massachusetts[1] and candidate for Governor of Massachusetts. Grossman previously served as chairman of the Massachusetts Democratic Party from 1991 to 1992, president of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) from 1992 to 1996 and chairman of the Democratic National Committee from 1997 to 1999.[2] In the spring of 2015, Grossman became the CEO of the Initiative for a Competitive Inner City, a Boston-based nonprofit focused on strengthening inner city economies that was founded by Harvard Business School professor Michael Porter.
Prior to his involvement in politics, Grossman worked at Goldman Sachs.[3] In 1975 he left Goldman Sachs to work in his family business, a paper supplier called Massachusetts Envelope Company, now the Grossman Marketing Group.[4]
In 2012 Grossman was named number 47 on a list of the 100 most influential institutional investors worldwi
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Steven Grossman
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Massachusetts Treasurer
Successor: Deb Goldberg
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Steven Grossman is the former DemocraticMassachusetts State Treasurer. He assumed office on January 19, 2011, and served until January 21, 2015.[1]
Grossman was first elected state treasurer on November 2, 2010, with 52 percent of the statewide vote. He defeated Republican candidate Karyn Polito and various write-in challengers by an almost 10-point margin of victory in the general election.[2]
He came up for re-election in 2014, but Grossman declared his candidacy for the governorship. According to state law, Grossman's gubernatorial bid precluded him from seeking re-election to his current post, since governor and state treasurer are simultaneously elected executive offices in the Massachusetts government.[3] Grossman lost in the Democratic primary on September 9, 2014.
Before becoming state treasurer, Grossman worked for his family business, Grossman Marketing group, and served as its CEO. His ample private sector experience is balanced by
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Steve Grossman, Former MA Treasurer and DNC Chair, and now the CEO of the Initiative for a Competitive Inner City, discusses running his family business for 25 years, reflections on both failed and successful campaigns, his advice for candidates, building trust as the new DNC Chair, leading the Democratic Party to pick up Congressional seats in the midterms (the first time in a President’s second term since 1822), depositing over $300 million of Treasury funds into community banks, how the ICIC is working to tackle the racial wealth gap, and advice from his grandfather that changed his life at 17.
Listen to the end to gain insight into walking with his wife during the pandemic, as well as his advice to be a great listener and follow your passion.
Top Three Takeaways:
#1 It may seem like tired advice to follow your passion, and it’s easy to brush it off. But I want people to pause for a moment and recognize that we must be hearing it so often for a reason. As Adam Selipsky, the CEO of AWS, told us in episode 7, it’ll be an uphill battle to go into work and compete with people wh
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