IN their decades of dominating the intersection of Wall Street and Washington, Goldman Sachs Group Inc bankers have captured many of the world’s most powerful economic and financial positions.
Gary Cohn, a longtime Goldman president and Donald Trump’s top economic adviser, is now within arm’s reach of the holy grail – chairman of the Federal Reserve. Trump has signalled that he’s strongly considering Cohn for the job, telling the Wall Street Journal on July 25 that he’s “certainly” in the mix to replace Janet Yellen when her term as chair ends in February. And while publicly shrugging it off, Cohn seems interested in the job, according to two White House officials.
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