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      • For years, there was an allergy inside Goldman Sachs to owning a private corporate jet. Top bankers had access to rides on planes shared with others, but didn't want to erode their less-than-stellar image on Main Street with the unnecessary extravagance of having their own. Until David Solomon took over.
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  3. Apr 24, 2023 · Tracking the flight paths of the planes, which are almost exclusively used by Goldman CEO David Solomon and President John Waldron, offers insight into where the firm's top executives are...

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  4. Apr 24, 2023 · While it's common for the leaders of big American corporations to fly on private jets, Solomon broke with Goldman tradition when he scrapped a contract to use fractionally owned...

  5. The proposal failed to win enough support. A shareholder of Goldman Sachs cited Goldman CEO David Solomon's personal use of the corporate aircraft at the company's annual meeting...

  6. Aug 30, 2023 · Solomon had directed Goldman to buy a pair of private jets, and Bloomberg News reported (with a reference to Marie Antoinette) that he flew them seven times in seven weeks to places such as...

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  7. Apr 6, 2020 · At one point, the executives were asked to raise their hand if their company owned or leased a private plane. Lloyd Blankfein, Solomon's predecessor, was the only one...

  8. Mar 27, 2023 · Advertisement. Goldman Sachs has decided to scrap a plan to buy a third corporate jet for the company's use, a move that follows scrutiny of the CEO's plane use and a . The decision means that...