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Clear all filters- Goldman Sachs14 min
Deborah Jackson and Davida Herzl: Advancing the Future of Women Entrepreneurs
Deborah Jackson, Davida Herzl, Stephanie Cohen
Plum Alley Investments, founded by Deborah Jackson, targets Series A female-founded technology companies like Davida Herzl's Aclima by providing capital and strategic support to address the systemic capital gap for women in hard tech. This venture capital firm prioritizes ventures with validated products and societal impact, operating with an investment thesis that diverse leadership correlates with superior financial returns and global innovation. Through an active partnership model where members commit $1.5 million or more annually, Plum Alley aims to establish a replicable template proving that women-led investing and companies can achieve both massive market impact and exceptional profitability.
- Goldman Sachs21 min
Dan Abrams: Trial in American Life: Cases That Have Shaped the Nation
Dan Abrams, founder of Abrams Media and Chief Legal Anchor for ABC News, leverages his background in constitutional law and trial coverage to advocate for televised proceedings while producing complex legal analysis for public consumption. His work spans the creation of "Law and Crime," the co-authorship of *Lincoln's Last Trial*, and the production of the high-rating show *Live PD*, all designed to clarify legal systems through immersive storytelling and historical context. By prioritizing accessible "airport questions" over technical jargon, Abrams aims to improve public understanding of justice while countering the perceived risks of media influence on courtroom integrity.
- Goldman Sachs45 min
Paul Tudor Jones: Investing in a More “JUST” World
Paul Tudor Jones, Lloyd Blankfein
Hedge fund legend Henry Jones, following his 1980 founding of Tudor Investment Corp, warns of impending market corrections driven by derivative structures, negative real interest rates, and unsustainable fiscal policies that mimic the 1987 crash. Leveraging his insights on economic volatility, Jones has shifted his focus to social impact by launching the Robin Hood Foundation and co-founding Just Capital to redefine corporate success through public-prioritized metrics like employee treatment and customer care. His research demonstrates that companies adhering to these "just" principles outperform traditional benchmarks while simultaneously addressing wealth inequality and poverty, proving that ethical practices can generate superior financial alpha.
- Goldman Sachs23 min
Darren Star: From "Sex and the City" to "Younger": Coming of Age on Television
Speaker Aaron established a transformative television legacy by creating *90210*, *Melrose Place*, and *Sex and the City*, which collectively shifted network standards to embrace serialized storytelling, diverse representation, and female-centric narratives. His production strategy consistently prioritized controversial content and "found families" to challenge industry norms, directly influencing the cultural landscape and forcing *90210* to evolve from an issue-of-the-week format into a character-driven soap opera. Currently, he applies these foundational principles to *Younger*, leveraging streaming platforms to craft bingeable content that explores generational divides and encourages creative risk-taking in the modern media environment.
- Goldman Sachs15 min
Ken Griffin: How Talent and Technology Are Shaping the Markets
Citadel leverages a synergistic framework of fundamental, quantitative, and market-making strategies to manage approximately $30 billion, prioritizing human judgment augmented by robust technology over artificial intelligence for generating alpha. The firm sustains its competitive edge through a rigorous meritocratic culture that focuses on global talent acquisition and an 18-year pipeline for grooming associates into portfolio managers, while using advanced diagnostic tools to shift decision-making from defensive risk management to offensive positioning. This operational model, which emphasizes resource allocation and rapid infrastructure scaling, enabled the firm to navigate the 2008 crisis and maintain superlative performance despite a modest 52% hit rate in idiosyncratic stock picking.
- Goldman Sachs35 min
Oskar Eustis: From "Hair" to "Hamilton": The Promise of The Public Theater
For thirteen years, Artistic Director Oskar Justus has guided The Public Theater to democratize storytelling, championing works like *Angels in America*, *Fun Home*, and *Hamilton* that bridge social divides through shared human narratives. By commissioning visionary artists such as Tony Kushner and Lin-Manuel Miranda, Justus fostered productions that transformed specific cultural moments into universal experiences, proving that theater can intervene in the national conversation by building identity across class and ethnic lines. This institutional legacy reflects Justus's evolution from radical protest to sustainable arts leadership, prioritizing the power of story to connect diverse audiences regardless of their background.
- Goldman Sachs13 min
Dr. Paul Farmer: Reshaping the Global Health Community
Dr. Paul Farmer, Christina Minnis
Dr. Paul Farmer and co-founders established Partners in Health in 1987 based on a mission to build university teaching hospitals in resource-poor settings, differentiating the organization as an academic NGO focused on long-term capacity building over temporary relief. The network achieved critical global health milestones, including the mobilization during the Ebola crisis and the success of PEPFAR which saved millions of lives, while simultaneously demonstrating in Rwanda that community-based care could eliminate mother-to-child HIV transmission at rates surpassing U.S. standards. Farmer contrasts these outcomes with the U.S. healthcare system, arguing it functions as an illness care model lacking the integrated community support necessary to prevent patients from being lost to follow-up.
- Goldman Sachs23 min
Jeremy Lin on His Unconventional Brand and Basketball Career
Brooklyn Nets guard Jeremy Lin is returning to the NBA after a two-year hiatus, explicitly framing his comeback through the lens of his Asian-American underdog identity and a strategic rejection of polarized media expectations. Drawing on a foundation built by his family's financial sacrifices and his own conversion to authenticity, Lin leverages social media to challenge stereotypes while balancing his athletic career with a commitment to Christian faith and future philanthropy focused on women's empowerment and education. Although he acknowledges ongoing physical uncertainties, the former Harvard graduate aims to sustain a public persona that integrates his diverse interests, including gaming and design, to advocate for global issues beyond his time on the court.
- Goldman Sachs26 min
Eric Schmidt: The Artificial Intelligence Revolution
Goldman Sachs accelerates its cloud migration to leverage superior cybersecurity and specialized hardware for AI workloads, while the broader industry shifts toward data-driven deep learning that prioritizes scale over algorithmic provability. This transition enables "savant systems" in fields like healthcare and finance to automate trial-and-error processes, supported by a global talent market increasingly dominated by computer science graduates. Although these technologies promise to democratize expert-level capabilities through on-device and cloud computing, their adoption faces monetization hurdles and ongoing geopolitical competition, particularly from China.
- Goldman Sachs45 min
Mary Barra on Driving Into the Future
GM Chairman and CEO Mary Barra is steering General Motors from a post-bankruptcy restructuring into a profitable leader focused on the strategic goals of zero crashes, zero emissions, and zero congestion. Under her leadership, the automaker prioritized product safety by adopting aerospace standards and launched a "speak up for safety" initiative following the 2014 ignition switch crisis, while simultaneously advancing autonomous vehicle technology through its subsidiary Cruise Automation. Beyond corporate strategy, Barra champions STEM education and female workforce retention through programs like "Take Two" and the Detroit Children's Fund to ensure diverse representation and community economic revitalization.
- Goldman Sachs21 min
Diana B. Henriques: “A First-Class Catastrophe”: Lessons Learned from Black Monday
Diana B. Henriques, Sharmin Mosavaramani
This analysis juxtaposes the 1987 Black Monday crash, driven by opaque portfolio insurance strategies and fragmented regulation, with modern market vulnerabilities amplified by trillion-dollar asset managers and enduring regulatory silos. It further examines the psychological profile of Bernie Madoff, highlighting his pathological fear of failure and the spontaneous nature of his fraud's collapse, while detailing the HBO film "Wizard of Lies" production that secured Robert De Niro's casting through authentic in-prison dynamics. Together, these case studies illustrate how historical market failures and individual pathologies continue to inform contemporary debates on financial transparency and systemic risk.
- Goldman Sachs52 min
Katie Couric on Telling America’s Stories
In a comprehensive interview, pioneering broadcaster Katie Couric details her unconventional path from a CNN failure to becoming the first solo female anchor of the CBS Evening News, where she prioritized substantive coverage of issues like sexual assault over traditional newsroom norms. She discusses her strategic negotiations for professional equality, her pivotal 2008 interview with Sarah Palin, and her current documentary series *America Inside Out*, which seeks to bridge deep societal divides through direct dialogue and the re-examination of Confederate history. Couric concludes by advocating for structural changes such as the Rooney Rule to combat workplace bias and emphasizing the critical role of proximity in fostering empathy across America's shifting demographic landscape.
- Goldman Sachs18 min
U.S. Navy, Retired Admiral James Winnefeld, Jr.
James Winnefeld, Jr., James "Sandy" Winnefeld, Jr., Gary Giglio
Retired U.S. Navy Admiral James Winnefeld co-founded the organization SAFE following the heroin overdose death of his son, Jonathan, to address systemic failures in mental health care and pharmaceutical oversight that contributed to the nation's escalating opioid crisis. By citing CDC data that frames annual overdose fatalities as a catastrophic national security threat, Winnefeld advocates for immediate reforms including stricter prescription limits and the removal of stigma surrounding addiction treatment. The Admiral further extends this philosophy to global security, urging a complex diplomatic approach to North Korea while emphasizing that effective leadership requires holding individuals to high standards while providing essential support.
- Goldman Sachs20 min
John A. Farrell: The Life, Legacy and Lessons of Richard Nixon
John A. Farrell, Richard Nixon, Jake Seward, Jack Farrell
Journalist Jack Farrell's biography reexamines Richard Nixon by contrasting his resilient childhood trauma and early friendship with John F. Kennedy against his calculated ambition and the fatal "Chennault Affair." The narrative details how Nixon's secret taping system and subsequent admission of Watergate involvement transformed a political scandal into an unprecedented impeachment crisis fueled by his "uncontrolled cruelty" during the final days of his presidency. Farrell ultimately frames Nixon's arc as a Shakespearean tragedy where a tragic flaw derived from his humble origins and a vow to never be out-cheated again led inevitably to his downfall.
- Goldman Sachs20 min
Josh Silverman: The Future of the “Etsy Economy”
Amidst stock pressure and executive departures, CEO Josh Silverman restructured Etsy by consolidating operations into twenty-six high-priority initiatives while reducing the workforce by twenty percent to accelerate execution. The company abandoned fragmented metrics in favor of Gross Merchandise Sales as the sole success indicator, prioritizing immediate market expansion over short-term profitability. This turnaround strategy utilized rigorous risk management and a mission-driven culture to address growth deceleration, positioning Etsy to defend its marketplace moat against orthogonal competitors.