David Solomon Scrutiny Spreads From Goldman to Alma Mater
- College students lash out at CEO comments at March event
- Solomon was at event as chair of school’s board of trustees
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David Solomon has faced plenty of heat in his role leading Goldman Sachs Group Inc. this year. But an interaction with college students as part of his other chairman role is now attracting further scrutiny.
A group of seniors preparing to graduate from his alma mater, upstate New York’s Hamilton College, wrote a letter accusing the Goldman Sachs chairman and chief executive officer of “blatant ignorance and disrespect” as they spoke with him about the school’s investments in fossil fuels at a trustee networking event.