Overview

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Mike Steib is the outgoing CEO of XO Group Inc (NYSE: XOXO),parent company of The Knot, which just sold for $933M, a 350% increase in the company’s equity value over Mike’s five-year tenure. He also serves on the board of Ally Financial (NYSE: ALLY) and is the author of The Career Manifesto (Penguin Random House, 2018), a guide for young professionals seeking more purpose and joy in their work.

Mike has served on the board of Literacy Partners from 2010 to 2018, including as co-chair. He sits on the board of the Manhattan Chamber of Commerce. He served previously as the chairman of Career Gear, a nonprofit helping low-income men enter the workforce.

Mike’s earlier professional experiences include roles at Google, NBC Universal, Vente-Privee USA, and McKinsey & Company.

Mike has appeared on NBC's Today show, CNBC, Bloomberg, and Fox Business, as well as in The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Harvard Business Review, Fortune, Entrepreneur, TechCrunch, Fast Company, the NY Post, AdAge, AdWeek, Parade, and others.
Mike received a BA in Economics and a BA 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 female talent.