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Clear all filters- Goldman Sachs7 min
The Impact of Market Volatility on Retirement Investing
Defined contribution and corporate pension portfolios have suffered YTD declines of 10% to 20% and 8% to 10% respectively, while system-wide funded status dropped from 87% to roughly 75% before partially recovering to 80%. In response to this volatility, financial advisors recommend strategic rebalancing and a review of governance structures, noting that younger investors should remain invested while those near retirement reassess risk tolerance amid a shift toward individual responsibility. Concurrently, a Congressional stimulus bill provided temporary relief through waived 2020 required minimum distributions and deferred pension contribution obligations, though sponsors anticipate continuing their advocacy for permanent funding solutions in 2021.
- Goldman Sachs7 min
How Companies Are Accessing Capital in an Uncertain Environment
In a ten-day shift driven by pandemic impacts on cyclical industries, corporate financing has pivoted from standard sectors to address severe liquidity crises in airlines, hospitality, and retail through massive Federal Reserve interventions. The central bank deployed a suite of programs including secondary and primary market purchases, culminating in a historic $62 billion in bond sales and a novel investment-grade support scheme to restore functionality to short-term commercial paper and long-term credit markets. These coordinated efforts, mirrored by similar actions from the European Central Bank, have successfully reopened access to public bond markets for major issuers like Verizon and Intel while stabilizing markets that previously faced dysfunction.
- Goldman Sachs19 min
Theresia Gouw, Founding Partner of Acrew Capital
A Crew Capital leverages its unique multi-generational partnership to navigate a venture capital landscape marked by a sharp decline in mega-deals and a resurgence in early-stage Series A activity. The firm differentiates itself by exclusively targeting software subsectors like cybersecurity, fintech, and consumer internet, utilizing a diverse investment team that secures 40–45% of backed founders with female co-founders. By compressing deal timelines while mitigating overcapitalization risks, A Crew focuses on "white space" opportunities to identify high-potential companies before they enter the public eye.
- Goldman Sachs18 min
Alastair Campbell, Political Strategist and "Mind" Ambassador
Alastair Campbell, Peter van de Ven
Former press secretary Alastair Campbell discusses his career trajectory and draws on his history of severe mental health struggles to outline a management framework centered on expanding one's capacity for positive experiences. He highlights the acute physical and psychological symptoms of depression while contrasting his own self-medication with the forced treatment of his brother to underscore generational disparities in psychiatric care. Campbell concludes by condemning the high rate of suicide among young British men and urging for a more urgent public and political response to address this crisis.
- Goldman Sachs18 min
Toni Petersson, Chief Executive Officer of Oatly
Founded in 1993 by scientists including Rickard Östberg, Oatly transitioned from an ingredients supplier to a consumer brand under Tony Peterson's 2012 leadership to address the food industry's 30% contribution to global carbon emissions. The company strategically prioritizes sustainability over short-term profit by publicly reporting negative environmental metrics and leveraging CEO vulnerability to drive market adoption, despite facing significant resource constraints. With a long-term vision to evolve beyond oat milk into a global sustainability platform, Oatly advocates for retail and governmental support to accelerate the shift toward plant-based diets by 2050.
- Goldman Sachs16 min
Why Investing in the Longest Bull Market in History is Still a Smart Move
Sharmin Mossavar-Rahmani, Jake Siewert, Jake Seward
Goldman Sachs Private Wealth Management's 2020 "Room to Grow" report argues that the current economic expansion will likely persist through 2020, citing favorable central bank policies, a low 20% recession probability, and balanced market conditions that support an 87% chance of positive returns. The firm recommends a strategic overweight in U.S. equities driven by superior demographics and productivity, while cautioning that high capital gains taxes make it inefficient for investors to sell assets waiting for a market dip. Although the analysis acknowledges short-term volatility from geopolitical tensions and the coronavirus outbreak, it projects that disinflationary trends and robust household balance sheets will allow underlying economic growth to reassert itself within months.
- Goldman Sachs17 min
Paul Lindley OBE, Founder of Ella’s Kitchen
Paul Lindley OBE, Natasha Pope
Paul Lindley founded Ella's Kitchen in 2006 by applying his Nickelodeon experience to create a $100 million global baby food brand that prioritizes health over profit, eventually transitioning the company into a UK-certified B Corporation to legally embed stakeholder values. After funding the venture through personal mortgage remortgaging and securing an initial deal with Sainsbury's, Lindley sold the business while mandating its adherence to environmental and ethical standards that outpace traditional shareholder primacy. Today, the enterprise serves as a case study for how purpose-driven leadership and "childlike" internal reward systems can challenge short-term economic metrics and influence future corporate structures.
- Goldman Sachs13 min
Dr. Arie Belldegrun, Co-Founder and Executive Chairman, Allogene Therapeutics
Dr. Arie Belldegrun, Dr. Ari Beldegren, Owen Weedy, Steve Rosenberg, David
Dr. Ari Beldergren and Owen Weedy founded Kite Pharma to commercialize NIH-licensed engineered T-cell therapies that overcame industry skepticism regarding the complexity of living drugs. The venture successfully demonstrated the ability to induce complete remission in terminal cancer patients, attracting David from Amgen and catalyzing a sector now comprising roughly 300 companies. Beldergren defines the organization's legacy by its tangible impact on patient survival across lymphoma, bladder cancer, and prostate cancer, positioning clinical improvement as the primary metric for the field's value.
- Goldman Sachs18 min
Ethan Brown, Founder and CEO of Beyond Meat
Founder Ethan Brown directs Beyond Meat's mission to replace animal protein with plant-based alternatives that simultaneously address human health, climate change, and resource conservation. The company leverages proprietary extrusion technology and strategic retail expansion to secure partnerships with major chains like McDonald's and Subway while aiming to become a global leader rivaling Tyson and JBS. Supported by high-profile athlete endorsements and data showing up to 99% reduction in water and land usage, Beyond Meat is actively scaling its operations into Asian and European markets to drive a cultural shift toward sustainable eating.
- Goldman Sachs17 min
Leda Braga, CEO of Systematica Investments
Leida built a career spanning engineering, investment banking, and venture capital before founding Systematica, a quantitative trading firm that currently employs over 100 staff across five offices. The firm is actively converting discretionary strategies into systematic models to improve risk measurement while addressing gender diversity gaps through cultural reforms and flexible trading approaches. Looking ahead, leadership prioritizes succession planning to ensure the institution can operate independently of the founder as the industry navigates challenging market conditions.
- Goldman Sachs17 min
Stuart J. Russell, Author of "Human Compatible: AI and the Problem of Control"
Stuart J. Russell, Jo Hannaford
Stuart Russell, a co-head of the Engineering Division in Europe and veteran computer science professor at UC Berkeley, outlines the trajectory of artificial intelligence from early computational limitations to modern achievements in speech recognition and autonomous driving. He argues that while AI systems now rival human performance in specific tasks, their integration necessitates solving complex value alignment challenges to balance individual preferences against societal well-being without imposing universal moral frameworks. Russell proposes a design philosophy where AI models billions of distinct human preferences while explicitly excluding negative altruism, ultimately aiming to guide long-term human welfare without overriding external stakeholders or fundamental human agency.
- Goldman Sachs18 min
Koby Altman, General Manager of the Cleveland Cavaliers
Starting in the 2017–2018 season, former Middlebury College basketball player Kobe Bryant assumed the role of General Manager for the Cleveland Cavaliers to oversee a data-driven rebuild led by owner Dan Gilbert. Bryant prioritized a cultural mandate centered on work ethic and location commitment while embedding analytics specialists into the coaching staff and implementing rigorous youth development protocols to maximize player potential. Facing a roster without star power, Bryant is utilizing the team's rebuilding phase to execute a 35-year vision that focuses on sustainable growth, innovative hiring practices including the franchise's first female assistant coach, and the creation of a high-performance ecosystem for all staff.
- Goldman Sachs19 min
Julia Hartz, Co-Founder and CEO of Eventbrite
Following a two-year bootstrapped inception, Eventbrite co-founders Julia and Kevin Hartz scaled a self-service event platform that powered four million global events and sold over 300 million tickets. The company secured Sequoia Capital investment in 2009 after navigating initial funding rejections, eventually transitioning to a public listing that clarified its mission and distributed operational model. Today, the leadership team maintains rigorous customer engagement and investor transparency to navigate public market volatility while sustaining a diverse, globally inclusive workforce.
- Goldman Sachs18 min
Gwyneth Paltrow, Founder and CEO of goop
Gwyneth Paltross founded Goop in 2008, evolving the business from a London newsletter into a sustainable global organization with 250 employees that prioritizes organic growth over venture capital pressure. The brand has historically pioneered wellness trends like the gluten-free market while correcting early validation errors to ensure clean, efficacious products that empower individual consumer choice. Paltross now leverages mentorship and a decentralized leadership culture to guide the company's future strategy in contextual commerce while actively supporting female entrepreneurs who face capital allocation disparities.
- Goldman Sachs16 min
Kaspar Basse, Founder and Chairman of Joe & The Juice
Founder Cosmo Bostander leads Joven at Use, a global fast-casual chain operating over 300 locations, toward a five-year goal of 2,500 stores by prioritizing employee engagement metrics like leadership and social belonging over traditional financial KPIs. The company differentiates itself through a made-to-order model that intentionally avoids excessive process simplification, ensuring staff develop complex skills while technology acts as a tool to maintain this human-centric culture during international expansion. By treating the 18-to-30 demographic as renewable raw material and measuring cultural health as a leading indicator of profitability, the organization aims to scale consistently without sacrificing its core values of health and fair farming.