Perry Steiner

Chairman & CEO

Perry Steiner serves as Chairman and CEO of Xactus. His career has spanned executive leadership, private equity investing, and numerous entrepreneurial ventures. Perry has been on the board of directors of approximately 20 companies, and has served in the capacity of Chairman and Lead Director of businesses across multiple industries. Previously Perry spent 15 years as a Managing Partner of Arlington Capital Partners, a private equity firm with $8 billion of capital under management and top decile industry returns. Earlier Perry was President of the e-commerce outsourcing pioneer Digital River, a business that he joined and invested in with less than 100 employees and $10 million of revenues. He led Digital River’s IPO, consolidated the industry with the acquisition of eight competitors, and at the time of its sale was the market leader in its vertical with revenues in excess of $400 million and 1,600 employees.  Perry began his career in investment banking with Goldman Sachs, later working with Wasserstein Perella Ventures, and initially starting in private equity with TCW Capital. 

Perry is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and a member of the Board of Trustees of the National Public Radio Foundation (NPR).  He holds a BA from the University of Michigan, and an MBA from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.