James Joseph Schiro (January 2, 1946 – August 13, 2014) was an American businessman who became CEO of PriceWaterhouseCoopers and Zurich Financial Services and was a director of number of multinational companies including of PepsiCo, Philips and Goldman Sachs.

[2] He received a Bachelor of Science from St. John's University in New York City in 1967, and an MBA from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College.

He served on the Boards of Directors of PepsiCo, Philips, Goldman Sachs and REVA Medical.

[3][7] He received the Avenue of the Americas Association's Gold Key Award in 1992, the Ellis Island Medal of Honor in 1994, and the American Jewish Committee's National Human Relations Award in 1997.

[1] He was married to Tomasina Schiro, and they have two children, Justine and James Jr.[1][4] He died in Princeton, New Jersey on August 13, 2014, of multiple myeloma.