Robert Stephen Silberman is an American businessman and former United States Assistant Secretary of the Army from 1992 to 1993. He was previously assistant to the chief executive officer of International Paper from 1993 to 1995 and CEO of Strayer Education, Inc. from 2001 to 2013. Silberman was named executive chairman of the board of Strayer Education Inc. in 2013. He is the son of Judge Laurence Silberman.

Strategic Education, Inc. (SEI), is an education services holding company and is formerly known as Strayer Education, Inc. The company owns for-profit, online Capella University and Strayer University, as well as non-degree programs schools such as DevMountain, Hackbright Academy, and Sophia Learning.