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Goldman Sachs

7 facts from 7 episodes, in date order. These are what speakers said on the shows, each linked to the moment it was said. They aren't independently verified.

1940

At age 10, Warren Buffett met Sidney Weinberg, then head of Goldman Sachs, on a trip to New York with his father.

“warren actually gets to meet the legendary sydney weinberg who was the head of goldman sachs at the time”

Acquired · Berkshire Hathaway Part I, 0:27:15

2008

In September 2008 Berkshire Hathaway invested $5 billion in Goldman Sachs preferred stock with a 10% dividend plus warrants at a $115 strike price.

“Berkshire invests $5 billion for preferred equity in Goldman with a 10% annual dividend.”

Acquired · Berkshire Hathaway Part III, 1:37:03

2008

Around 2008 or 2009 AWS staff visited financial firms in New York, including Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan, who were fact-finding about cloud computing.

“We went on a trip to New York, and actually, there's a bunch of financial services com companies, the Goldman Sachs' and JPMorgan's”

Matt Garman · Cloud Strategy in the AI Era with Matt Garman, CEO of AWS, 0:08:32

2018

Eventbrite's IPO worked with Goldman Sachs and JP Morgan and was supported by Allen & Company.

“So going to each bank, we worked with Goldman Sachs and JP Morgan. And we were supported by Allen & Company.”

Acquired · Eventbrite (with Julia & Kevin Hartz), 1:06:44

2026

Praveen Akkiraju cites a Goldman Sachs study saying enterprises are using a year's worth of AI budget in three months.

“enterprises are blowing through their token budgets a a year's worth of AI budget in three months. This is notion of token maxing”

Praveen Akkiraju · Agentic AI in the Enterprise 2026 | CXOTalk #916, 0:00:00

Undated

Brad Gerstner said Altimeter hired Chris Conforti, who had run the equity syndicate desk at Goldman Sachs, for its capital markets work.

“I hired Chris Conforti out of Goldman. He ran the equity syndicate desk at Goldman.”

Acquired · Altimeter (with Brad Gerstner), 1:22:33

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