James J. Schiro

James Joseph Schiro (January 2, 1946 – August 13, 2014) was an American businessman who became CEO of PriceWaterhouseCoopers and Zurich Financial Services and was a director of number of multinational companies including of PepsiCo, Philips and Goldman Sachs.

Early life James J. Schiro was born on January 2, 1946, in Brooklyn, New York. Schiro was an Italian-American of the Catholic faith. He received a Bachelor of Science from St. John's University in New York City in 1967, and an MBA from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College. He was a Certified Public Accountant. From 2002 to 2006, he served as the CEO of Zurich Financial Services. He served on the Boards of Directors of PepsiCo, Philips, Goldman Sachs and REVA Medical. He was a member of the Independence Standards Board of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, and the New York State Society of Public Accountants. He received the Avenue of the Americas Association's Gold Key Award in 1992, the Ellis Island Medal of Honor in 1994, and the American Jewish Committee's National Human Relations Award in 1997.