Jay Schottenstein

Jay Schottenstein is Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Schottenstein Stores Corporation, Retail Ventures, Inc. (Schottenstein’s/Value City Department Stores, DSW, Filene’s Basement), American Signature, Inc./Value City Furniture and American Eagle Outfitters.

Jay is the son of the late businessman and philanthropist, Jerome M. Schottenstein. Jay graduated from Indiana University with a degree in Business Administration, and he is active in a number of organizations within the community, including, The Columbus Jewish Federation, The Columbus Jewish Foundation, The Jewish Community Center, and The United Way. He is also a member of the Board of Trustees of the Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute Foundation, and a Managing Trustee of The Columbus Downtown Development Corporation and The Capital South Community Urban Redevelopment Corporation. Since 1990, Jay has served as General Chairman for Central Ohio State of Israel Bonds.

At the forefront of Jay’s many interests is his deep commitment to Jewish education. As such, he is Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Columbus Torah Academy, Chairman of Congregation Torat Emet/Main Street Synagogue, and Chairman of the Board of the Schottenstein Chabad House on the Campus of the Ohio State University, where he is also a lifetime member of the President’s Club of the Ohio State University.

Nationally, Jay serves as a member of the Board of Trustees of Yeshiva University. He is the Co-Chairman of the American Board for Bar-Ilan University as well as a member of their Global Board.

He also serves in the position of the Chairman of the Board of Governors for the Mesorah Heritage Foundation, a not-for-profit trust engaged in the translation and international distribution of the world’s great Judaic literary works, including the monumental task of translating and elucidating in English, Hebrew and French, the 73 volumes of the Talmud Bavli. The “Schottenstein Edition of the Talmud” is now utilized by more than two million people worldwide.

Jay and his wife Jeanie and their sons Joseph (Lindsay), Jonathan, and Jeffrey, along with other family members, are major benefactors to a number of national and international special projects.