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Clear all filters- Goldman Sachs21 min
Cecile Richards - Co-Founder of Supermajority
Former Planned Parenthood president Cecile Richards and co-founders Alicia Garza and Ai-jen Poo launched the advocacy group Supermajority to drive gender equity through grassroots organizing that has already attracted 100,000 members. Drawing on her mother Ann Richards' political legacy and her tenure as Deputy Chief of Staff to Nancy Pelosi, Richards champions bottom-up strategies to expand the electorate and link reproductive rights to broader economic stability. The organization aims to mobilize the 55% of voters who are women by training them to host conversations on issues like equal pay and affordable child care across diverse communities.
- Goldman Sachs21 min
John Fallon – Chief Executive of Pearson
Seventy-five years after pivoting from construction to education, Pearson has transformed into a global learning technology firm by replacing costly textbook sales with affordable rental and digital access models while leveraging AI tools like the AIDA app to personalize calculus instruction. The company now partners with institutions such as Arizona State University and the BBC to deliver low-cost, industry-aligned degrees and is applying research on workforce adaptability to address stalled social mobility in underperforming regions. Through this integration of secure, AI-driven platforms and strategic alliances, Pearson aims to democratize learning outcomes by making education more accessible and adaptable to the changing demands of the 2030 workforce.
- Goldman Sachs16 min
Esera Tuaolo: Retired NFL Player and LGBT Advocate
Esera Tuaolo, Lindsay Druckerman
Former NFL player and singer Essara Tuololo recently joined Goldman Sachs' Consumer Retail Group to discuss his career spanning multiple teams and his pivotal decision to come out as gay in 2000 to protect his adopted children. He detailed the psychological toll of living in the closet and how his 2006 memoir, *Alone in the Trenches*, catalyzed his transition into advocacy through his non-profit, Hate Is Wrong. Since its founding, the organization has raised nearly $40,000 for local anti-bullying initiatives by hosting annual Super Bowl Inclusion Parties that keep all proceeds within the host cities.
- Goldman Sachs32 min
Jim Hackett: President and CEO of Ford Motor Company
Ford CEO Jim Hackett outlines the company's strategic pivot toward a "propulsion portfolio" of electric and hybrid vehicles, leveraging a global alliance with Volkswagen to fund over $100 billion in capital commitments for autonomous technology. Hackett emphasizes an "S-curve shift" in the industry, arguing that survival requires abandoning internal combustion virtues while maintaining consumer vehicle ownership through software-defined ecosystems. Rooted in his leadership philosophy of integrity and clear point of view, Hackett predicts that Ford will achieve carbon neutrality within 12 years by blending technologies rather than mandating an immediate, total transition to electrification.
- Goldman Sachs22 min
Rebecca Minkoff: Fashion Designer
Rebecca Minkoff transformed a $4-per-hour internship into a global lifestyle brand by pioneering the "Morning After" handbag and surviving the economic recession through strategic price adjustments that fueled 546% growth. Beyond product innovation, she established the Female Founders Collective to support over 5,000 women-owned businesses while leveraging RFID technology to revolutionize retail experiences and committing to zero-waste production models. The company now focuses on systemic industry change by targeting diverse representation, expanding into home and beauty sectors, and creating an educational platform to close the gender pay gap.
- Goldman Sachs23 min
Stacey Cunningham: President of the NYSE Group
Stacey Cunningham, Susie Scherr
Susie Scherr, the first woman to serve as NYSE president, traces her career from a 1994 trading floor intern to a 2020 leader who leveraged the ICE acquisition to modernize the 220-year-old exchange. Under her guidance, the NYSE has evolved to accommodate delayed IPOs by capturing 75% of technology proceeds in recent years while validating direct listing models for established firms. Her leadership now focuses on reducing regulatory barriers to encourage earlier public market participation and drawing new boundaries for diversity in senior financial roles.
- Goldman Sachs22 min
Kat Cole: COO and President of North America for Focus Brands
After rising from a single-parent household to serve as Vice President of Hooters and securing ten CEO endorsements for an MBA, the executive now leads Focus Brands and Rourke Capital over seven restaurant chains including Cinnabon and Auntie Anne's. She employs a proprietary "Hot Shot Rule" and private equity strategies to leverage consolidated resources for 2,000 franchise owners while navigating macro trends like the "death of the middle" in retail pricing and the shift toward health-conscious consumption. Her approach integrates startup agility and co-appetition tactics to drive growth through delivery technology and strategic partnerships, positioning her brands to compete effectively in an increasingly fragmented and digitally driven market.
- Goldman Sachs31 min
Andre Iguodala: NBA Champion
Andre Iguodala, Nicole Pullen-Ross
Andrew Iguodala reflects on a career defined by strategic sacrifices, including accepting a reduced salary to join the Golden State Warriors and transitioning to a sixth-man role under Steve Kerr to prioritize team success. He advocates for systemic changes in college athletics to compensate African-American student-athletes and emphasizes the psychological discipline instilled by his mother and early mentors to dismantle racial stereotypes. Iguodala further details his post-retirement focus on financial literacy and mental resilience, urging athletes to prepare for life after basketball by diversifying skills and managing wealth proactively.
- Goldman Sachs29 min
Ash Carter: Former US Secretary of Defense
Ash Carter, Sharmeen Mosavar-Rahmani
Former U.S. Secretary of Defense James "Ash" Carter discusses the unprecedented operational scale of the Pentagon, which rivals global corporations in budget and personnel, while emphasizing the critical need for a permanent leader to provide direction. Carter outlines a complex strategy for managing the United States' sustained competitive relationship with China, arguing that traditional containment or free trade models are insufficient and requiring a new playbook centered on multilateral rules rather than bilateral coercion. He further details his tenure's focus on combating ISIS as an existential threat and highlights the volatile risk of unintentional conflict with Iran due to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps' operational autonomy and regional instability.
- Goldman Sachs25 min
George F. Will: Author of "The Conservative Sensibility"
George Will's new book, *The Conservative Sensibility*, argues that American conservatism has fundamentally shifted by prioritizing individual liberty over majority rule, a stance he applies to criticize the Republican Party's current uncritical support for Donald Trump's expansive executive power. Will contrasts the Madisonian system of checks and balances with Woodrow Wilson's advocacy for concentrated authority, contending that Congress has abdicated its legislative responsibilities to the executive branch through vague statutes while failing to defend true capitalism against what he terms a misleading socialist narrative. Having effectively severed ties with the GOP over its alignment with the current administration, the veteran columnist champions judicial review as essential for protecting minority rights and defends the virtues of market societies against both modern socialist misconceptions and government economic planning.
- Goldman Sachs20 min
Jason Rezaian: Author of "Prisoner"
Jason Rezaian, Andrew Williams
On July 22, 2014, Washington Post columnist Jason Rezaian was arrested in Tehran and falsely accused of being a CIA operative, subjecting him to seven months of solitary confinement in a sensory-deprived cell at Evin Prison. Rezaian argues that his eventual release resulted from sustained global public attention and political will rather than the legal system alone, while criticizing the U.S. for failing to leverage Iran's vast economic potential and for neglecting the six remaining Americans currently detained there. He further contends that American soft power and press freedom must remain a guiding global standard despite domestic challenges, urging renewed diplomatic engagement with Iran instead of isolation.
- Goldman Sachs22 min
Nandan Nilekani: Co-Founder of Infosys
Nandan Nilekani and his team pioneered Infosys's global scaling strategy before architecting the Aadhaar digital identity system to authenticate 1.2 billion citizens and drive massive financial inclusion. This infrastructure enabled the Unified Payments Interface, a public-bank-owned platform that now processes hundreds of millions of real-time transactions monthly while catalyzing a domestic services-led economic model. As India transitions toward a young, tech-enabled workforce, the event highlights how these foundational systems position the nation to achieve sustained GDP growth despite global manufacturing shifts.
- Goldman Sachs14 min
Goldman Sachs at 150: Part 7 – Going Public (1999)
Facing a severe 1994 financial crisis and the strategic necessity of funding global expansion, Goldman Sachs leadership concluded that a public capital structure was essential to sustain a stable balance sheet and unlimited liability risk controls. On May 4, 1999, the firm executed the second-largest initial public offering in financial history at the time, raising capital primarily to distribute equity among existing partners and employees rather than diluting ownership to external investors. This transition, led by senior partners such as Henry Paulson and John Corzine, allowed the institution to scale operations into new markets while maintaining its unique biennial partnership elections and collaborative corporate ethos.
- Goldman Sachs18 min
Goldman Sachs at 150: Part 3 – Recovery (1930)
Following the 1929 stock market crash, Sidney Weinberg rose from a janitor to lead Goldman Sachs through two decades of financial adversity, personally restoring client trust and building a network of high-profile corporate clients. Under his centralized control, Weinberg prioritized long-term relationships over immediate gains, orchestrating the landmark 1956 public offering for Ford Motor Company to cement the firm's status as a premier investment bank. His leadership legacy, characterized by "controlled ambition" and integrity, survived him after he stepped back from daily operations in 1963, leaving behind a client list and reputation that sustained the firm for decades.
- Goldman Sachs29 min
Ian Bremmer: President and Founder of Eurasia Group
Ian Bremmer's *Us Versus Them: The Failure of Globalism* diagnoses the rise of populism in advanced democracies as a structural result of economic inequality, automation, and information fragmentation rather than a singular political event. The analysis details how U.S. unilateralism is eroding alliances, specifically through trade tensions with China and security failures in the Middle East, while highlighting China's strategic pivot toward controlling semiconductor supply chains and exporting digital authoritarianism. Despite these geopolitical recessions and regional flashpoints in Mexico, Iran, and Europe, Bremmer concludes that global human capital and technological innovation may ultimately catalyze new solutions to these existential challenges.