What Should Gary Cohn Do Next? These Business Leaders Have Some Ideas

What Gary Cohn's Exit Means to Wall Street

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Gary Cohn is leaving the White House after losing an internal battle over putting big tariffs on steel and aluminum imports. Wall Street executives are upset he’s on his way out and wondering what he’ll do next. Bloomberg News spoke to business leaders about where they think the former Goldman Sachs Group Inc. president could land.

Richard Breeden, investor and former chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission:
“I hope Elon Musk hires him to run SpaceX. Boeing needs some competition to see who’s going to get the first man or woman on Mars. He knows the worlds of finance and business backwards and forwards.”