Background
Steinberg was born on August 13, 1939, and grew up in Brooklyn, New York the son of Julius and Anne Cohen Steinberg. He has one brother, Robert Steinberg, and two sisters, Roni Sokoloff and Lynda Jurist. Steinberg finished a degree from Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. He was listed as a member of the class of 1959 although some accounts have said that he graduated in two years at age 18.
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