4 Quotes & Sayings By Gary Cohn

Gary Cohn is the chairman and chief executive officer of Goldman Sachs. He was President Donald Trump's National Economic Council director. Mr. Cohn also served as the president of Goldman Sachs from 2006 to 2018 Read more

He is a former Republican Goldman Sachs partner, who was born in 1968 to Jewish parents who emigrated from Germany in 1938.

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Upon graduation, believe it or not, I had no job. I had no interviews. I had no prospects. I had no worries. What I did have, I had passion. I had enormous passion. I had passion for financial markets. I had fallen in love with financial markets. Gary Cohn
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Every time you get into a new job, new location, you have an amazing opportunity in front of you. You get to play dumb for as long as people will allow you to play dumb. You get to ask all the dumb questions, you get to ask multiple people the dumb questions, and you get to make mistakes. That's how you stand out in the crowd. Gary Cohn
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Have a goal. Know where you want to end up. Knowing where you want to end up is a lot easier than figuring out how to start and how to get there. You will figure out how to get there. Do not chart your career. Trust me you do not want to chart your career. Gary Cohn