Robert Steven Kaplan

At-a-Glance

Currently Partner and Vice Chairman at Goldman Sachs, providing strategic advice across global banking, markets, and asset and wealth management.
Served as President and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas from 2015 to 2021, representing the Eleventh Federal Reserve District on the Federal Open Market Committee.
Previously Vice Chairman of the Goldman Sachs Group, with global responsibility for the firm's investment banking and investment management divisions (1983-2005).
Was the Martin Marshall Professor of Management Practice and a Senior Associate Dean at Harvard Business School (2006-2015).
Authored three books on business leadership: 'What You Really Need to Lead', 'What You're Really Meant To Do', and 'What to Ask the Person in the Mirror'.
Co-Chairman of the Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation and Chairman of Project A.L.S.
Holds a Master's degree in Business Administration from Harvard Business School.

Biography

Robert Steven Kaplan is a Partner and Vice Chairman at Goldman Sachs, a position he has held since 2024. In this role, he provides strategic advice to clients globally and collaborates with teams across the firm's global banking and markets, and asset and wealth management divisions. He is also a member of the Management Committee and Executive Office at Goldman Sachs.