OTA LEADERSHIP INDEX

David Solomon

ARCHETYPE

The Operator

Execution, delivery and performance, gets the hard thing done.

David Solomon earns The Operator designation the hard way, by running Goldman Sachs on execution rather than narrative. When the Marcus consumer banking experiment underperformed, he made the unsentimental call to exit and redirected the firm's resources with clean precision. He holds himself and the institution to measurable standards, and he manages one of the world's most complex financial enterprises with the disciplined consistency that defines the archetype.

IN THEIR WORDS, WHY OPERATOR

“The greatest privilege is stewarding this firm — the people that you get to work with. The firm is filled with the most extraordinary people that work so incredibly hard, day in and day out to serve our clients.”
ON THE PRIVILEGE OF LEADING GOLDMAN

“What defines organizations is how they respond when things are tough, not how they respond when things are easy.”
ON INSTITUTIONAL RESILIENCE AND RISK

“We have four core values: client service, partnership, integrity, and excellence. All great businesses are underpinned by the leadership living those values.”
ON GOLDMAN'S FOUNDATIONAL PRINCIPLES

THE DAVID RUBENSTEIN SHOW

The David Rubenstein Show: “David Solomon”

LISTEN AT THE SOURCE ↗

David's full six-dimension Leadership Index profile is held pending their validation. The archetype shown is the OTA analyst-rated read. How we read a leader →

Take the Leadership Index →Watch Off The Agenda

THE RECORD IS CHECKABLE