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Clear all filters- Goldman Sachs21 min
Vijay Shekhar Sharma: Founder and CEO of Paytm
Vijay Shekhar Sharma, Dan Dees, SAURABH MADAANI
Paytm founder Vijay Shekhar Sharma outlines his company's transformation from a cash-rich entity into India's largest private bank by pivoting to a mobile-first ecosystem that integrates financial and lifestyle services. This strategic evolution, supported by $300 million in foreign direct investment from Warren Buffett and guided by a corporate mantra of "no fear, no greed, no entitlement," positions the firm to compete globally rather than within national boundaries. Sharma emphasizes that lasting success requires entrepreneurs to pursue a purpose-driven mission over quick exits, using Paytm's own resilience against a failed 2010 IPO as a case study in overcoming uncertainty.
- Goldman Sachs13 min
Hugh Herr: Co-Director of MIT Center for Extreme Bionics
Biomechatronics engineer Hugh Herr redefines disability as a technological failure, predicting that human augmentation will eliminate the concept of disability within a century while enabling synthetic parts to merge with the nervous system. His expert testimony successfully challenged the Olympic ban on Oscar Pistorius, a victory that foretells a future where bionic athletes will likely outperform biological ones and spawn entirely new sports categories. Beyond competition, Herr advocates for robust policy to manage the risks of direct neural interfaces with AI and emphasizes that emotional intelligence and fearlessness are the essential drivers behind innovation and human resilience.
- Goldman Sachs18 min
Joseph Tsai - Co-Founder and Executive Vice Chairman, Alibaba Group
Joseph Tsai, David Solomon, Joe Tsai
Goldman Sachs hosted its inaugural "Business & Investing" event in China, featuring a strategic discussion between CEO David Solomon and Alibaba Executive Vice Chairman Joe Tsai. Tsai detailed Alibaba's evolution from a small Hangzhou startup into a global powerhouse, highlighting its defensive expansion logic, proprietary technology investments, and the unique 40-member Partnership system designed to preserve corporate culture. The conversation also offered actionable guidance on scaling entrepreneurship through mission-driven focus, leadership humility, and long-term talent development.
- Goldman Sachs12 min
"Catch-Up With David": with Goldman Sachs’ Head of Global Consumer Business Harit Talwar
Launched two years ago as a digital storefront for consumer financial services, Marcus operates with zero physical branches to serve four million customers while targeting twenty million Americans with high-interest debt. Under the leadership of Harry, who combines global market creation experience with strategic oversight, the initiative leverages Goldman Sachs' capital and risk frameworks to offer loan refinancing rates three to five percentage points lower than existing credit cards. Despite facing cultural friction between the firm's demand for perfection and the entrepreneurial need for progress, the venture aims to evolve into a shareholder-atttractive business serving tens of millions of consumers within the early stages of its digital platform expansion.
- Goldman Sachs22 min
Scott Harrison: Founder and CEO, charity: water
Scott Harrison, a former nightclub promoter who abandoned his vices after a personal health crisis, founded Charity Water to address the global water scarcity that forces millions to rely on contaminated sources. The organization distinguishes itself through a unique financial model where 100% of public donations directly fund water projects, while overhead costs are covered by a separate, audited private fund to ensure total transparency. Driven by a goal to eliminate the 663 million people currently lacking access to clean water, the nonprofit employs data-driven transparency tools and an innovative equity-based compensation structure to attract top talent while maintaining strict accountability to donors.
- Goldman Sachs22 min
Michael Oppenheimer: Nobel Prize-winning Climate Scientist
Michael Oppenheimer, Kyung-ho Park
Atmospheric scientist Dr. Oppenheimer outlines how attribution science has transformed climate risk assessment, revealing that global society is already operating outside the ±1°C stability range that defined the last 10,000 years. While the 2015 Paris Agreement secured universal participation, current pledges fall short of the 25–50% emissions cuts required to avoid the 1.5°C to 2°C danger zone, prompting a strategic shift toward mixed policy frameworks and a business sector that must prioritize long-term planetary viability over quarterly earnings. Dr. Oppenheimer contrasts this complex challenge with the successful Montreal Protocol, noting that climate mitigation is further complicated by its impact on one-third of the global economy, necessitating the integration of carbon pricing, regulatory standards, and substantial financial reallocation toward sustainable infrastructure.
- Goldman Sachs24 min
Rob Manfred: Commissioner, Major League Baseball
Rob Manfred, Robert Manfred, Dave Dassey
Commissioner Rob Manfred transformed Major League Baseball by ending decades of labor instability, enforcing a perpetual vigilance against performance-enhancing drugs, and pioneering the data analytics revolution that reshaped player valuation and front office operations. Under his leadership, the league successfully pivoted its media strategy to capture younger demographics through digital partnerships and BAMTech while strategically embracing sports betting to deepen fan engagement through official data licensing. These initiatives, grounded in a negotiation philosophy emphasizing deep preparation and strategic momentum, have redefined the league's financial infrastructure and operational integrity.
- Goldman Sachs25 min
POLITICO Playbook’s Anna Palmer and Jake Sherman - Co-Authors of "The Hill to Die On"
Anna Palmer, Jake Sherman, Jake Stewart
Jake Stewart modernized the Playbook newsletter to serve as a twice-daily insider resource for Washington elites while avoiding broad commercial expansion. In parallel, the analysis of "The Hill to Die On" details how Paul Ryan and Mitch McConnell navigated the Trump presidency, noting how healthcare repeal failures inadvertently enabled the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. Looking toward the 2020 election, the discussion highlights a fragmented Democratic field lacking a clear frontrunner other than Bernie Sanders, alongside media adaptations to better cover Rust Belt constituencies and the administration's use of social media to compress the news cycle.
- Goldman Sachs37 min
David W. Blight: Author, "Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom"
David W. Blight, Erica Irish-Brown
Historian David Blight's definitive biography, *Frederick Douglass, Prophet of Freedom*, leverages the previously under-documented Evans Collection to reconstruct Douglass's life from his enslavement in Maryland to his transformation into a federal political insider. The narrative details Douglass's strategic break from William Lloyd Garrison, his pivotal advocacy for the Civil War, and his prophetic critique of American society that bridges 19th-century struggles with modern voter suppression and structural inequality. By framing Douglass as a moral prophet who warned of national collapse, Blight highlights how the former slave's vision for biracial equality remains a critical lens for contemporary democratic challenges.
- Goldman Sachs10 min
10,000 Small Businesses UK Female Founders on Running a Business
Harriet, Anna, Michal Silver, Rachel
Founders Harriet, Anna, Michal Silver, and Rachel Jackson discuss strategies for navigating entrepreneurial challenges, emphasizing the importance of emotional transparency with investors and reframing difficulties as opportunities for growth. The panelists outline specific tactics for maintaining work-life balance, such as strict digital boundaries and context separation, while offering tailored advice on funding, personnel strategy, and sustaining passion. Their dialogue highlights a shared belief that viewing challenges as solvable problems is a distinct trait among solo female founders who leverage investor relationships for both strategic guidance and emotional reassurance.
- Goldman Sachs21 min
Dame Ellen MacArthur: World Record-Breaking Sailor
Dame Ellen MacArthur broke the world record for solo non-stop circumnavigation after overcoming early financial and logistical barriers to become a top competitive sailor. Following her 2010 retirement, she launched the Ellen MacArthur Foundation to replace the unsustainable linear economic model with a circular system that decouples growth from resource consumption. The organization now advocates for systemic design changes to ensure materials remain in use and to address critical global challenges like soil degradation and volatile raw material costs.
- Goldman Sachs20 min
Anya Hindmarch: Fashion Designer
Anya Hindmarch, Niharika Kabyalaveta
Ania Hindmarsh transformed her kitchen startup into a global luxury brand by pioneering a direct-to-consumer model that bypasses traditional retail gatekeepers to address the fashion industry's outdated six-month lead times. Her current strategy replaces physical expansion with immersive digital experiences and bespoke craftsmanship, exemplified by the 2024 "Weave Project" and a sustainability ethos that rejects disposable culture. Hindmarsh champions a leadership philosophy that reframes fear as innovation catalyst and positions emotion as a competitive advantage while leveraging technology to foster direct global storytelling.
- Goldman Sachs27 min
Ajay Banga – President and CEO, Mastercard
Ajay Banga, Harit Talwar, Omar
Former CEO Ajay Banga led MasterCard's transformation from a $30 billion card processor to a $240 billion technology firm focused on financial inclusion, cybersecurity, and AI integration. His tenure prioritized a 100-day listening strategy to navigate post-recession cultural shifts while simultaneously launching initiatives to digitize 380 million unbanked individuals. Banga also championed a strategic rebranding to a dual-circle icon and advocated for policy reforms regarding skilled immigration and consumer data ownership to sustain global competitiveness.
- Goldman Sachs22 min
David Wallace-Wells: Author, "The Uninhabitable Earth: A Story of the Future"
New York Magazine Deputy Editor David Wallace-Wells argues that climate change must be framed through the realities of its unprecedented speed, scope, and severity, citing projections of $30 trillion in economic contraction and irreversible ice sheet melting that redefine the 2-degree warming threshold as a likely baseline. To address this existential threat, Wallace-Wells advocates for a World War II-scale global mobilization focused on systemic policy shifts and green technology innovation rather than individual lifestyle changes, emphasizing the rising influence of China and youth-led movements in driving the necessary geopolitical transformation. This approach challenges the outdated consensus that climate action hinders economic growth, presenting data that rapid decarbonization could instead generate $26 trillion in new economic value by 2030 while preventing billions from becoming climate refugees.
- Goldman Sachs32 min
Dr. Zeke Emanuel: Oncologist and Bioethicist
Zeke Emanuel, Rob Mass, Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel
Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel critiques the US healthcare system for a "perfect storm" of over-utilization and ethically flawed resource rationing that drives excessive costs while undermining other societal needs like education. He highlights the Affordable Care Act's success in cost containment and predicts a legislative shift toward Medicare for America alongside federal regulation of drug pricing to ensure value-based models. Drawing from his dual MD/PhD background, Emanuel argues that current spending levels on treatments like million-dollar drugs are unsustainable and calls for a transparent approach to aligning healthcare investment with disposable income.