Jay Steinfeld

Who is Jay Steinfeld?

Jay Steinfeld is the founder and CEO of Global Custom Commerce, a direct marketing company and, mostly through Blinds.com, the current industry leader in online window covering sales. Blinds.com was awarded in March, 2010 the American Marketing Association's Marketer of the Year, in April 2010 National Call Center of the Year, and in May, 2010 the Houston Business Journal ranked Global Custom Commerce as one of the top places to work in Houston.

Steinfeld earned a BBA in Accounting with Honors from the University of Texas at Austin. After graduating, he worked for KPMG Peat, Marwick, then became Vice-president, Finance of the national franchise, Meineke Discount Mufflers. After starting a small chain of window coverings retail stores, Steinfeld launched his first Web site in 1993 and eventually sold his stores in 2001 to go exclusively online. He was an Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year in 2006. Steinfeld writes a weekly column on leadership, called the Chief Effective Officer for Inc.com.

In 2006, Blinds.com was ranked #186 on the Internet Retailer 500, and was the 10th fastest growing site on the list. In 2009 it was ranked #236 by Internet Retailer.