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Goldman Sachs CEO says he’d hire someone ‘smart enough’ over the smartest person in the world because ultimately experience trumps brains

Summary by Fortune
It’s easier to get into an Ivy League school than it is to land a job at $337 billion banking giant Goldman Sachs. But unlike the colleges, the business isn’t chasing the most intelligent minds floating into its talent pools. David Solomon, the CEO of Goldman, says he’s in the “camp of smart enough.”  “You have to be smart enough, but the smartest person in the world without a whole package of other things [is] not going to navigate Goldman Sach…

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Fortune broke the news in New York, United States on Saturday, July 18, 2026.
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