Steve Westly

Steven Paul Westly (born August 27, 1957) is an American businessman and politician, who is currently the State Controller of California. Born in Arcadia, California, Westly received a A.B. in history from Stanford University in 1978. He received an M.B.A. in Public Management from the Stanford Graduate School of Business in 1983. A member of the Democratic Party, Westly worked for Congressman Leo Ryan in 1978 and then for the U.S. Department of Energy from until 1980. He then joined the California Public Utilities Commission for one year and then served as Northern Treasurer of the California Democratic Party (1981-1983) before returning to Stanford to pursue his M.B.A., after which he entered the private sector. Westly was an investment banker at Bridgemere Capital in San Francisco. Westly was a member of the faculty of the Stanford Graduate School of Business from 1991-1996. In 1995, Westly became a Vice President of WhoWhere? until leaving to become a Vice President of eBay in 1997. He retired from eBay in 2000 when he and his wife established the Steve and Anita Westly Foundation. Westly ran for California State Controller in 2002 against State Senator Tom McClintock and won by a margin of 22,730 votes (out of 7,258,758 votes cast). Westly garnered 3,289,839 (45.4%) votes while McClintock won the support of 3,273,028 (45.1%) people. Three other candidates won 695,891 (9.5%) votes. Westly had outspent McClintock by a 5-to-1 margin. Westly and his wife have two children.

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Preceded by:
Kathleen Connell>
width="40%" align="center"| California State Controller width="30%" align="center"| Succeeded by:
Westly, Steve Westly, Steve Westly, Steve

 

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