Gary Cohn | An American business leader and the former Director of the U.S. National Economic Council

Full Court Press with Greta Van Susteren — Former NEC Director Gary Cohn explains how the post pandemic economy presents unique opportunity

Apr 12, 2020 | Videos

Gary Cohn joins Greta Van Susteren to discuss federal efforts to stimulate the economy during the COVID-19 global pandemic, timelines for reopening the domestic economy, the global economic impact of COVID-19 and how American businesses and governments should prepare...

Yahoo Finance — The Fed will continue to do ‘everything within their sights to help stabilize the economy’: Gary Cohn on coronavirus

Apr 9, 2020 | Videos

The COVID-19 pandemic’s rapid spread continues to impact the U.S. economy. Gary Cohn, Former Director of the United States National Economic Council joins Yahoo Finance’s On The Move panel to discuss the economic outlook amid the virus outbreak. Watch the video...

Yahoo Finance — Gary Cohn: Restarting the economy after coronavirus is ‘not going to be an overnight big bang’

Apr 9, 2020 | Articles

Testing for COVID-19 will be vital to restarting the $21 trillion-plus U.S. economy, former National Economic Council Director Gary Cohn told Yahoo Finance, warning that the risk of ending the lockdown prematurely could easily come back to haunt the government. Click...

CNN Erin Burnett Out Front

Apr 7, 2020 | Videos

Gary Cohn on reopening the economy, he says avoiding a major Covid-19 relapse is most important. Gary Cohn joins Erin Burnett to discuss the COVID-19 economic response and how to plan for reopening the U.S. economy. Watch the video of Gary Cohn speaking...

The Wall Street Journal — The Fed’s New Mission to Save the Economy

Apr 6, 2020 | Opinion Editorials

Congress as part of its Cares Act has tapped the Federal Reserve as a partner in the fiscal response to the coronavirus pandemic. The Fed will be operating at an unprecedented scale, reportedly lending as much as $5 trillion, which is more than its entire balance...

Gary D. Cohn Joins Starling’s Risk & Governance Advisory Board

Apr 6, 2020 | Press Releases

Starling, an applied behavioral sciences technology company, has announced the appointment of Gary D. Cohn to its Risk & Governance Advisory Board. Click here to read more.

Freakonomics Radio — Is $2 Trillion the Right Medicine for a Sick Economy?

Apr 2, 2020 | Podcasts & Radio

Gary Cohn joins five other White House economic advisors and one U.S. Senator to evaluate the biggest aid package in modern history. Click here to listen to the podcast.

CNN The Lead with Jake Tapper — Trump’s former economic adviser: Admin needs to get stimulus funds to people and businesses ASAP

Apr 1, 2020 | Videos

Former Director of the National Economic Council under President Trump, Gary Cohn, joins The Lead. Watch the video here.

CNN — Former Trump adviser: The government stimulus will save millions of jobs

Mar 31, 2020 | Opinion Editorials

The Trump administration and Congress have finalized a deal that will lead to much-needed relief for American workers, small businesses and the industries that need it most as the coronavirus pandemic ravages the global economy. Read the full article here....

CNBC Town Hall: The Path Forward — Gary Cohn says lawmakers should ‘throw as much money as you can’ at coronavirus economic crisis

Mar 25, 2020 | Articles

Gary Cohn, once a top aide to President Donald Trump, told CNBC Wednesday that the federal government should go as far as it can to rescue the economy from collapse due to the coronavirus outbreak and that it’s not possible to go too far. Click here to listen to the...

CBS Face the Nation — Former Trump adviser Gary Cohn says massive stimulus needed to fight effects of coronavirus

Mar 22, 2020 | Videos

The former top White House economic adviser says workers and businesses need a lifeline as the coronavirus shuts down vast swaths of the global economy. Watch the video here.

CNBC Closing Bell — Gary Cohn weighs in on the coronavirus impact on the market

Mar 20, 2020 | Videos

Gary Cohn, Former National Economic Council director, joins “Closing Bell” to talk about the banks’ response to the coronavirus outbreak. Click here to watch the video.

CNBC Squawk Box — Ex-Trump advisor Gary Cohn warns the US will have ‘massive unemployment very, very quickly’

Mar 19, 2020 | Articles

The U.S. unemployment rate will rise swiftly and dramatically as the coronavirus brings the American economy to a stop, former top White House economic advisor Gary Cohn said Thursday. “I believe that we are going to have massive unemployment very, very quickly,” Cohn...

Anderson Cooper 360 — Trump’s ex-top economic adviser: US is in a recession

Mar 12, 2020 | Videos

Former Director of the National Economic Council Gary Cohn speaks with CNN’s Anderson Cooper about how the global coronavirus outbreak has impacted the US economy. Watch the video of Gary Cohn speaking here.

NBC Nightly News Breaking news

Mar 9, 2020 | Videos

As COVID-19 forces the American consumer to stay home, Gary Cohn emphasizes the need to help those in the service industry who can’t work or can’t get paid because there are no customers coming through the door. Click here to watch the video.

MSNBC Live with Stephanie Ruhle — Stocks drop amid coronavirus, oil price war

Mar 9, 2020 | Videos

As the markets gear up for a dramatic day on Wall Street, co-host of CNBC’s Squawk Box Andrew Ross Sorkin and the president’s former top economic advisor Gary Cohn join Stephanie Ruhle to break down the commotion and explain what we can expect. Click here...

CBS Face the Nation — Gary Cohn, ex-Trump adviser, says China tariffs “totally hurt the U.S.”

Jan 19, 2020 | Videos

The former top White House economic adviser said he does not believe the tariffs imposed on billions of dollars’ worth of goods imported from China helped the U.S. reach a preliminary trade deal with Beijing. Click here to watch the video.

Gary Cohn Joins MZ Board of Directors

Jan 3, 2020 | Press Releases

Machine Zone, a global market leader in mobile gaming, today announced the addition of Gary Cohn to its board of directors. Cohn has nearly 30 years of experience in the financial sector, most recently serving as the 11th Director of the National Economic Council....

The Wall Street Journal — Tax Reform Has Delivered for Workers

Dec 22, 2019 | Opinion Editorials

It’s been two years since President Trump signed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act into law…At the White House, where we worked at the time, we produced analyses that suggested economic growth would surge. On the second anniversary of the TCJA, the numbers are in, and our...

The Axe Files with Gary Cohn

Dec 8, 2019 | Podcasts & Radio

Gary Cohn served as the Director of the National Economic Council and chief economic advisor to President Trump. He joins David to talk about how an early dyslexia diagnosis shaped his drive to succeed; his tenure at Goldman Sachs, particularly as an executive during...

Forbes — Gary Cohn: U.S. In Danger Of Losing Position As World’s Capital Markets Leader

Dec 4, 2019 | Articles

Gary Cohn, former National Economic Council Director under President Donald Trump, warned today the United States is on the fringe of potentially losing its position as the world’s leader in capital markets because it is falling behind in technology. Click here for...

Bloomberg — Digital Payments Is Future for Everything We Do: Cohn

Nov 21, 2019 | Videos

Former U.S. National Economic Council Director Gary Cohn discusses the future of global digital payments. He speaks with Francine Lacqua on “Bloomberg Surveillance” from the sidelines of Bloomberg’s New Economy Forum in Beijing. Click here to watch the...

Bloomberg — Ex-NEC Director Cohn Sees U.S.-China in a Trade Skirmish, Not War

Nov 21, 2019 | Videos

Former U.S. National Economic Council Director Gary Cohn discusses the U.S.-China trade war, President Donald Trump’s long-term goals on trade, and his thoughts on the Federal Reserve and U.S. dollar. He speaks with Francine Lacqua on “Bloomberg...

CNBC — Gary Cohn is investing with a biometrics company to build a secure smartphone

Nov 19, 2019 | Articles

Gary Cohn tells CNBC his time as President Trump’s chief economic advisor opened his eyes to security issues in the public sector. Cohn became an adviser and investor in communication technology company Hoyos Integrity and says the company has been working over the...

CNBC Fast Money — Sit down with fmr. NEC Director Gary Cohn and Hoyos Integrity CEO Hector Hoyos

Nov 18, 2019 | Videos

Former NEC Director Gary Cohn and Hoyos Integrity CEO Hector Hoyos sit down with CNBC’s Seema Mody to discuss Cohn’s latest venture. Watch the video here.

Bloomberg — Gary Cohn Adds Cybersecurity Gig in Post-Trump Return to Work

Oct 27, 2019 | Articles

The former Goldman Sachs Group Inc. president has begun advising a firm that plans to launch a secure mobile phone as global cybersecurity threats mount. He earlier joined the boards of a mobile gaming company and a blockchain startup. Click here for the full...

Recode Decode — Gary Cohn: Tech giants should be regulated as “data companies”

Oct 25, 2019 | Podcasts & Radio

Gary Cohn, the former Director of the National Economic Council and former chief economic adviser to President Trump, talks with Recode’s Kara Swisher about what he’s done since leaving the Trump administration, including a “significant”...

Recode — Former Trump economic adviser Gary Cohn’s next move: investing in a phone secure enough for the president

Oct 24, 2019 | Articles

In a Recode Decode interview, he explains why he’s working to launch a new secure mobile phone aimed at government and corporate customers. Click here for the full interview.

Gary Cohn, Former Director of the U.S. National Economic Council, Joins Hoyos

Oct 24, 2019 | Press Releases

NEW YORK, Oct. 24, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Hoyos Integrity Corporation (Hoyos), an American technology company specializing in innovative secure mobile communications products, services and digital assets technologies, announced today that Gary Cohn, former Director...

BBC — Trump’s former top adviser: Tariffs backfiring on US

Aug 1, 2019 | Videos

US President Donald Trump’s trade war with China is backfiring and impacting the US economy, according to his former chief economic adviser Watch the interview here.

MSNBC Velshi & Ruhle — How two college students want to save Social Security

May 20, 2019 | Videos

Saving social security could lie in the hands of two college students, Roy Liu and Anthony Pascua. They join Stephanie Ruhle and former National Economic Council Director Gary Cohn to explain their plan. Watch the video here.

PBS Frontline — Trump’s Trade War

May 7, 2019 | Videos

The inside story of President Trump’s gamble to confront China over trade. Reporting from the U.S. and China, FRONTLINE and NPR investigate what led the world’s two largest economies to the brink, and the billions at stake. Watch the video here.

MSNBC Velshi & Ruhle — Saving Social Security could lie in the hands of college students

Apr 12, 2019 | Videos

Over 250 students from 28 colleges are competing in “Road to 2092.” A competition aimed at finding ways to save Social Security. Former Senator Heidi Heitkamp and former National Economic Council Director Gary Cohn are judging the competition and join Stephanie Ruhle...

The Washington Post — Power Up

Apr 10, 2019 | Articles

After resigning from Trump’s team in March 2018 over a fallout with the president on trade policy, he’s now teaming up with an unlikely partner — former North Dakota Democratic Sen. Heidi Heitkamp — to tackle what’s been long considered the “third...

Institute of Politics Announces Policy Competition to Save Social Security for the Next Generation

Mar 29, 2019 | Press Releases

Cambridge, MA – Today, the Institute of Politics at Harvard Kennedy School announced an innovation policy challenge led by the Institute’s Visiting Fellows former Sen. Heidi Heitkamp (D-ND) and former National Economic Council Director Gary Cohn. This hackathon-style...

Freakonomics Radio — A Free-Trade Democrat in the Trump White House

Mar 13, 2019 | Podcasts & Radio

For years, Gary Cohn thought he’d be the next C.E.O. of Goldman Sachs. Instead, he became the “adult in the room” in a chaotic administration. Cohn talks about the fights he won, the fights he lost, and the fights he was no longer willing to have. Also: why he and...

CNBC Closing Bell — Gary Cohn says a U.S. wealth tax would be ‘harmful’ to the economy

Jan 30, 2019 | Articles

Raising taxes on wealthy Americans would ultimately hurt the U.S. economy, according to Gary Cohn the former Goldman Sachs president who served 14 months as President Donald Trump’s chief economic advisor. Read the full article here.

MSNBC — Ex-Trump Economic Adviser Cohn speaks out from Davos

Jan 24, 2019 | Videos

Watch Stephanie Ruhle speak with the president’s former Director of the National Economic Council, Gary Cohn, who weighs in on the president’s latest decisions on Davos, the shutdown, and where the U.S. stands on the world stage. Watch the video here.

Institute of Politics at Harvard Kennedy School Announces Spring Fellows

Jan 19, 2019 | Press Releases

Cambridge, MA – Today, the Institute of Politics (IOP) at Harvard Kennedy School announced ten Resident and Visiting Fellows for the Spring 2019 Semester. These individuals bring a combination of experience to address topics such as electoral politics, the economy,...

The Crimson — Former Top Trump Official, Nine Others Named Institute of Politics Fellows

Jan 8, 2019 | Articles

President Donald Trump’s former chief economic advisor and nine other prominent political figures will join the Harvard Kennedy School’s Institute of Politics’ spring cohort of fellows, the IOP announced Thursday. Click here to read the full...

Gary Cohn Joins Silicon Valley But Keeps His Wall Street Suit On

Jan 4, 2019 | Videos

Gary Cohn may have quit Wall Street and the White House for Silicon Valley, but it seems his fashion sense remains unchanged. Cohn, who joined the board of mobile-gaming company Machine Zone Inc., still wears his Wall Street and White House-style suits when he’s at...

Bloomberg — Gary Cohn Joins Silicon Valley But Keeps His Wall Street Suit On

Jan 4, 2019 | Articles

Gaming company Machine Zone adds ex-Goldman president to board. Read the full article here.

Gary Cohn Joins MZ Board of Directors

Jan 3, 2019 | Press Releases

PALO ALTO, Calif.— Machine Zone, a global market leader in mobile gaming, today announced the addition of Gary Cohn to its board of directors. Click here to read the full article.

The Wall Street Journal — America Is Competitive Again

Dec 20, 2018 | Opinion Editorials

The tax cuts of 2017 have boosted growth and job creation, just as the White House team intended. Read the full article here.

CBS This Morning — Gary Cohn on US economy, government shutdown

Dec 18, 2018 | Videos

As part of our series, Issues That Matter, we’re taking a closer look at the impact of [the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act] one year later. Gary Cohn, who served as director of the National Economic Council and as chief economic adviser to President Trump during the tax...

Abyrx Appoints Gary D. Cohn as Director

Nov 14, 2018 | Press Releases

NEW YORK, Nov. 14, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Abyrx, Inc. (http://abyrx.com), a leading biomaterial sciences company with an initial focus on therapeutic technologies for use during surgical procedures, announced today that Gary D. Cohn has joined the company’s...

CNBC Halftime Report — Watch CNBC’s exclusive interview with former NEC director Gary Cohn

Oct 18, 2018 | Videos

CNBC’s Steve Liesman sits down with Gary Cohn, former director of the National Economic Council, to discuss the strength of the U.S. economy. Click here to watch the video.

Bloomberg — Gary Cohn Has Joined a Blockchain Startup as an Adviser

Oct 12, 2018 | Articles

Gary Cohn, the former chief economic aide to President Donald Trump and president of Goldman Sachs Group Inc., will serve as an adviser to blockchain-technology startup Spring Labs. Click here for the full article.

Gary Cohn, Former Director of the U.S. National Economic Council Joins Spring Labs

Oct 12, 2018 | Press Releases

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 12, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Spring Labs, which is developing the Spring Network, a protocol designed to transform how information and data are shared globally, announces today that Gary Cohn, former chief economic advisor to the President of the...

Reuters Newsmaker — Gary Cohn

Sep 17, 2018 | Videos

An exclusive live interview with Gary Cohn, former Goldman Sachs president and President Trump’s first National Economic Council director, about the 10-year anniversary of the financial crisis, the current state of the U.S. economy and the impact of White House policy...