Gutman, Joseph

Joseph Gutman is a prominent Chicago-based businessman and philanthropist. He is a retired partner at BDT & Company and a former managing director at GCM Grosvenor and partner at Goldman Sachs.

Gutman earned a Bachelor of Science in Accountancy from the University of Illinois in 1979 and an MBA from Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management in 1981. He spent 22 years at Goldman Sachs, becoming a partner and co-head of the firm's Chicago office. He later joined GCM Grosvenor as a managing director and executive team member.

He has held numerous board positions, including for the University of Illinois System Board of Trustees, the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum Council, the Birthright Israel Foundation, and Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago.

Gutman is the son of Holocaust survivors and has been an active supporter of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, where he was honored at a Chicago fundraiser in 2021.