David Solomon’s Future and the Ides of Goldman: Marc Rubinstein

Other DJs have been raising the bass throughout the summer season, but David Solomon has been struggling with negative feedback. The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, New York Magazine and The Economist have all piled on, questioning Solomon’s performance in his day job as chief executive officer of Goldman Sachs Group Inc.

The gist is that Goldman Sachs employees don’t like Solomon very much and many are departing the storied firm. Solomon’s waning popularity coincides with declining staff compensation — in 2022, it was down nearly a quarter on the prior year to $312,000 per employee — coupled with accumulated losses linked ...