Personal Life and Business Career
Gary Cohn, son of Victor and Ellen Cohn, Grew up in Shaker Heights, Ohio. His father was an Electrician, who later became a real estate developer. Cohn studied at Gilmour Academy, and received his Bachelor’s degree from American University’s Kogod School of Business.
After graduating from American University, his first job was for U.S. Steel home products division in Cleveland. After U.S. Steel, he started his career in finance as an Options dealer at the New York Mercantile Exchange After a few months he left U.S. Steel and started his career as an Options dealer in the New York Mercantile Exchange.
Cohn was recruited by Goldman Sachs in 1990. He was named head of Commodities department, part of Fixed Income, Currency and Commodities Division (FICC) of the firm, in 1996; in September 2002 he was nominated as the head of the division. He was head of the global Securities businesses from December 2003, and became President and Co-Chief Operating Officer, and director, in June 2006.
He and his wife, Lisa Pevaroff Cohn (who also grew up in Shaker Heights) currently reside in New York City. They are the parents of three daughters.
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