Experts
Robert Hormats
Vice Chairman, Goldman Sachs (International)
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What should we be asking ourselves?
How do I make the world a better place? Read More
January 6, 2008 | In Inspiration & Wisdom
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Do something to address the big issues. Read More
January 6, 2008 | In Business & Economics, Inspiration & Wisdom, Politics & Policy
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Hormats is cautiously optimistic. Read More
January 6, 2008 | In Business & Economics, Future, Politics & Policy
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The 2008 US Presidential Election
Get out of Iraq, Hormats says, and fix the home front. Read More
January 6, 2008 | In Future, Politics & Policy, World
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What are the major issues confronting the U.S.?
We lack political vision, Hormats says. Read More
January 6, 2008 | In Politics & Policy, World
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What forces have shaped America most?
The American dream and the Civil Rights movement. Read More
January 6, 2008 | In Health & Medicine, History, Politics & Policy
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What is the measure of a good life?
Living a productive and constructive life. Read More
January 6, 2008 | In Inspiration & Wisdom, Love, Sex, & Happiness
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Hormats, on his faith in the march of humanity. Read More
January 6, 2008 | In Belief, Future, History, Politics & Policy
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The Goldman Sachs Vice-Chairman on how to succeed in business. Read More
January 6, 2008 | In Belief, Business & Economics, Politics & Policy
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Integrity, candor and an understanding of the greater implications of one's work. Read More
January 6, 2008 | In Business & Economics, Politics & Policy
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Hormats talks about his book, The Price of Liberty: Paying for America's Wars. Read More
January 6, 2008 | In Arts & Culture, Business & Economics, History, Politics & Policy
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Democracy depends on an informed citizenry. Read More
January 6, 2008 | In Inspiration & Wisdom, Politics & Policy, Truth & Justice
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Hormats discusses channeling capital into productive companies and teaching people to embrace change. Read More
January 6, 2008 | In Business & Economics, Health & Medicine, Politics & Policy
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What are the most exciting things in business today?
Hormats is jazzed about innovation in the energy sector. Read More
January 6, 2008 | In Business & Economics, Politics & Policy
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The U.S. Government's Role in the Economy
The American people need more candor, Hormats says. Read More
January 6, 2008 | In Business & Economics, Politics & Policy
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What is the state of the U.S. economy?
Oil ties up a lot of money. Read More
January 6, 2008 | In Business & Economics
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Is there a spending crisis in America?
The US government is making commitments to retirees that it can't fulfill. Read More
January 6, 2008 | In Business & Economics, Politics & Policy, World
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American business has become international, Hormats says. Read More
January 6, 2008 | In Business & Economics
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Robert Hormats works on international financial transactions at Goldman Sachs. Read More
January 6, 2008 | In Business & Economics, Politics & Policy
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From growing in segregated Baltimore, to working with Henry Kissinger. Read More
January 6, 2008 | In Business & Economics, History, Politics & Policy
Robert D. Hormats is Vice Chairman of Goldman Sachs (International) and managing director of Goldman, Sachs & Co. He joined Goldman Sachs in 1982.
Hormats has served as US assistant secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs, ambassador and deputy US Trade Representative, and senior deputy assistant secretary for Economic and Business Affairs at the US Department of State. He was a senior staff member on the National Security Council and senior economic advisor to National Security Advisors Henry Kissinger, Brent Scowcroft, and Zbigniew Brzezinski. Hormats has received the French Legion of Honor and Arthur Fleming Award.
Mr. Hormats has been a visiting lecturer at Princeton University and is a member of the Board of Visitors of the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy and the Dean's Council of the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.Mr. Hormats' publications include Abraham Lincoln and the Global Economy; American Albatross: The Foreign Debt Dilemma; and Reforming the International Monetary System. Mr. Hormats earned a B.A. from Tufts University with a concentration in economics and political science; an M.A. and a Ph.D. in international economics from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy.
