Mike Steib is CEO of TEGNA Inc., a leading local broadcast and digital media company that owns and operates 64 broadcast stations in 51 U.S. markets.
Previously, Steib was CEO of Artsy, the leading online marketplace for buying and selling art from galleries, auction houses, and collectors in over 100 countries around the world. During his tenure, the team developed the most popular app in the art world, significantly accelerated revenue growth, and achieved operating profitability.
Prior to Artsy, Steib was the CEO of XO Group Inc. (NYSE: XOXO), parent company of The Knot, where he and the team developed America’s most-used and highest-rated wedding planning app and two-sided local vendor marketplace, culminating in a 300% total shareholder return over his five-year tenure as CEO.
Earlier in his career, Steib served in roles at Google, NBCUniversal, Vente-Privee USA, Walker Digital, and McKinsey & Company.
From 2014 until 2024, Steib served on the board of directors of Ally Financial (NYSE: Ally), a Fortune 500 digital financial services company that helps millions of Americans save, invest, and borrow for their most important purchases, where he chaired Ally’s Digital Transformation and Technology Committees, and served on the Risk Committee.
Doing his best to serve the community, Steib has served as chairman of the board of Change.org, a global platform for social change, chairman of the board of Literacy Partners, a free adult literacy and family support service for underprivileged New Yorkers, and chairman of the board of Career Gear, helping disadvantaged and previously incarcerated men return to the workforce.
Steib also seeks to contribute insights and advice on business leadership and career development. He was the host of Office Hours with Mike Steib (2023-2024), a production of iHeartMedia, the #1 podcast publisher in the world, during which he interviewed the founders and chief executives shaping our world. He is also the author of The Career Manifesto (Penguin Random House, 2018), a guide for young professionals seeking more purpose and joy in their careers. Steib’s work has been featured on NBC’s “Today” show, “Good Morning America,” CNN, CNBC, Bloomberg, and Fox Business, as well as in The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Harvard Business Review, Fortune, Entrepreneur, TechCrunch, Fast Company, and others.
Steib received a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and a Bachelor of Arts in International Relations from the University of Pennsylvania. He is a named inventor of three patents and played a supporting actor role in the independent film “The Mad Ones”. He is married to Kemp Steib, the CFO of The Second Shift, a marketplace for highly skilled professional women, has two teenage children, and one rowdy border terrier.