Gary D. Cohn
Gary D. Cohn is an American business leader, investor and the former director of the U.S. National Economic Council. He is an internationally recognized expert on the financial markets, global economy and economic policy.
Mr. Cohn is Vice Chairman of IBM, working in partnership with IBM’s Executive Leadership Team on a wide range of business initiatives and external engagement in areas including business development, public advocacy and client relationship management.
Mr. Cohn served as Assistant to the President for Economic Policy and Director of the National Economic Council from 2017-2018. As chief economic advisor to the president of the United States, Mr. Cohn managed the administration’s economic policy agenda and led the successful effort to grow the U.S. economy, create jobs and increase wages through tax and regulatory reform.
Before serving in the White House, Mr. Cohn was President and Chief Operating Officer of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. from 2006-2016. He joined Goldman Sachs in 1990 and held several other leadership positions including Global Co-Head of the Equities and Fixed Income, Currency and Commodities Division. He was a member of the firm’s Board of Directors and Chairman of the Firmwide Client and Business Standards Committee.
Mr. Cohn began his career at U.S. Steel before moving to New York to trade on the New York Commodities Exchange from 1982-1990.
Mr. Cohn actively invests in private companies and serves on many private corporate boards including Abyrx, Lazurite, Sotera Digital Security and Pallas Advisors. Additionally, Mr. Cohn serves on the advisory board for Starling. He is a member of the Systemic Resolution Advisory Committee (SRAC) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC).
Mr. Cohn has long been dedicated to advancing healthcare and education. He is a member of the Board of Trustees of NYU Langone Health and serves as Chairman of the Advisory Board for the NYU Langone Orthopedic Hospital. He is also on the Board of Overseers of the NYU Tandon School of Engineering. In 2019 Mr. Cohn was a Visiting Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School’s Institute of Politics.
Mr. Cohn lives in New York. He grew up in Shaker Heights, Ohio, and received his undergraduate degree from American University in 1982.
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What today’s CPI means for the Fed
Gary Cohn, IBM vice chairman and former NEC director, joins ‘Money Movers’ to discuss if Thursday’s CPI data is enough for the Federal Reserve to cut rates, if the economy can get through this cycle without a recession, and more.
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CNBC Money Movers — The Fed needs to look at the unemployment numbers when it comes to rate cuts, says IBM’s Gary Cohn
Gary Cohn, IBM vice chairman and former NEC director, joins ‘Money Movers’ to discuss his read on the latest jobs report, what the Fed should be most concerned about when considering cutting inflation, and much more. Click here to watch the video.
CNBC Money Movers — The Fed needs to look at the unemployment numbers when it comes to rate cuts, says IBM’s Gary Cohn
Gary Cohn, IBM vice chairman and former NEC director, joins ‘Money Movers’ to discuss his read on the latest jobs report, what the Fed should be most concerned about when considering cutting inflation, and much more. Click here to watch the video.
Bloomberg Surveillance — Higher Rates Stop Investors from Taking Risk: Cohn
Gary Cohn, vice chairman of International Business Machines Corp., says higher interest rates are stopping investors from taking risk. Click here to watch the video.
CNBC Money Movers — Fed will be happy with jobs report which showed cooling in employment, says IBM’s Cohn
Gary Cohn, IBM vice chairman and former NEC director, joins ‘Money Movers’ to discuss whether Cohn liked Friday’s jobs report, whether the inflation numbers will start to come in lower, and more. Click here to watch the video.
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