Goldman Sachs’ CEO was rejected twice by the firm

Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon joined the company to “learn, grow and do more of the business.”

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00:00It's harder to get a job at Goldman Sachs than it is to get into Harvard, and its own

00:04CEO was rejected twice by the firm.

00:07David Solomon applied to work at Goldman Sachs twice after graduating from college in the

00:111980s and was turned down both times.

00:15But in 1999, he was actually pursued by the firm just after they went public.

00:19Solomon was named CEO in 2018 and has helped Goldman Sachs bring in over $50 billion dollars

00:25in revenue.

00:26Last year, the company received over 300,000 applicants from new college grads and hired

00:31just 1% of job seekers.