Peter Oppenheimer

Not to be confused with Peter Oppenheimer (economist) or Peter C. Oppenheimer.

Peter Oppenheimer
Born	January 14, 1963 (1963-01-14) (age 61)
Education	California Polytechnic State University (BA) Santa Clara University (MBA)
Known for	1st CFO of Apple
Board member of	Goldman Sachs
Spouse	Mary Beth

Peter Oppenheimer (born January 14, 1963) is the former senior vice president and Chief Financial Officer of Apple Inc. and has been a member of the board of directors of Goldman Sachs since 2014.

Oppenheimer spent 18 years at Apple, reporting directly to CEO Tim Cook and serving on the company's executive committee. As CFO, Oppenheimer oversaw the controller, treasury, investor relations, tax, information systems, internal audit, facilities, corporate development, and human resources functions. He retired from Apple in 2014.

Education

Oppenheimer attended California Polytechnic State University where he was a member of the Alpha Gamma Rho fraternity. He graduated with a BA in Agricultural Business in 1985,^[1] later receiving an MBA from Santa Clara University, both with honors.

In 2015, Oppenheimer and his wife, Mary Beth, made a $20 million cash donation to Cal Poly, the university's largest to date.^[1]

Career

Oppenheimer spent six years in the Information Technology Consulting Practice with Coopers and Lybrand (now PricewaterhouseCoopers) where he managed financial, systems engagements for clients in the insurance, telecommunications, transportation and banking industries. Oppenheimer then joined Automatic Data Processing (ADP), where he was Chief Financial Officer of the Claims Services Division.^[2][3]

In 1996, Oppenheimer joined Apple as controller for the Americas. In 1997, he was promoted to vice president and Worldwide Sales controller and then to corporate controller.

On March 3, 2014, Oppenheimer announced that he would be joining the Board of Directors of Goldman Sachs as an independent director. In 2014, Oppenheimer retired from Apple and was replaced by Luca Maestri.^[4]

References

1. "Peter and Mary Beth Oppenheimer Pledge $20 Million to Cal Poly". Cal Poly. March 3, 2014. Archived from the original on October 11, 2016. Retrieved July 2, 2016.
2. "Goldman Sachs | Board of Directors - Peter Oppenheimer". Goldman Sachs. Retrieved 2019-01-30.
3. "Apple's Peter Oppenheimer to Retire at the End of September". Apple Newsroom. Retrieved 2019-01-30.
4. Sarah Rabil (March 3, 2014). "Apple CFO Oppenheimer to Retire as Maestri Set to Succeed". Bloomberg. Retrieved March 4, 2014.