Goldman Sachs VP explains why he quit

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  • เผยแพร่เมื่อ 23 ต.ค. 2012
  • Greg Smith, who publicly resigned in scathing op-ed, says investment bank's unethical culture threatens firm's future. Anderson Cooper reports.

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  • @lesliecone6232
    @lesliecone6232 4 ปีที่แล้ว +590

    I would be proud to call this man my friend. It is nice to know there are still some people in the financial arena who can maintain an ethical backbone. Thank you Greg Smith for your integrity.

    • @dairysmoreta6108
      @dairysmoreta6108 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Leslie 🤦🏻‍♂️

    • @prod.winterxphool6227
      @prod.winterxphool6227 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      He only walked away after making millions and scamming even though he knew very early what he was doing.

    • @SE-zl5he
      @SE-zl5he 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@prod.winterxphool6227 i doubt a VP makes millions

    • @joon769
      @joon769 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I don't think he would call you likewise

    • @SE-zl5he
      @SE-zl5he 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @George O'Carroll it's not high enough up the ladder. He was mid-level.

  • @rfimor
    @rfimor 8 ปีที่แล้ว +883

    Basically he is saying that a Goldman salesman is no much different than any used car salesman. Not a big surprise to me.

    • @MaghoxFr
      @MaghoxFr 8 ปีที่แล้ว +53

      +Temp User The responsibility that Goldman Sachs have is quite much higher, not to mention, that it's very clear they are a legal mafia.

    • @globaldigitaldirectsubsidi4493
      @globaldigitaldirectsubsidi4493 8 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      +Temp User
      Then Goldman cars would imediately disappear after the transaction.

    • @Macdaddy.
      @Macdaddy. 8 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      You can at least buy a warranty from a car used salesman

    • @Rays_Bad_Decisions
      @Rays_Bad_Decisions 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      A lot worse then a used car salesman

    • @MrSupernova111
      @MrSupernova111 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Surprise Surprise!

  • @WildBassfly
    @WildBassfly 8 ปีที่แล้ว +534

    STOP CUTTING HIM OFF MID SENTENCE
    WHATS THE POINT
    I JUST WANT TO LISTEN TO WHAT HE HAS TO SAY

    • @geoh7777
      @geoh7777 6 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      Interviewers are more important than interviewees. Apparently.
      .

    • @niro56
      @niro56 5 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      No, because Anderson is a bonafide tool.

    • @JKahil
      @JKahil 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Anderson Blows.

    • @mwilliams82684
      @mwilliams82684 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Cooper always does that crap. He needs to ask the question and shut up! Let people respond

    • @bakedutah8411
      @bakedutah8411 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Most of the instances of “cutting him off” are editing cuts, not Cooper actually interrupting the guy.

  • @moviedude22
    @moviedude22 6 ปีที่แล้ว +313

    Wall Street ethics is an oxymoron -- doesn't that sum it all up

  • @fr1702
    @fr1702 6 ปีที่แล้ว +199

    This guy has a good heart he’s really brave for speaking out like this

  • @nextari
    @nextari 5 ปีที่แล้ว +122

    Great man, and Coop interviewed him like he was a criminal.

    • @SE-zl5he
      @SE-zl5he 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      what's great about him?

    • @nextari
      @nextari 4 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      @@SE-zl5he nevermind. I think if I explain you still won't understand.

    • @keysersoze5032
      @keysersoze5032 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The dude wanted compensation and then became a whistleblower once he didn’t get the reward. He’s blowing smoke

    • @jacobnair6707
      @jacobnair6707 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@keysersoze5032 people like you are exactly the type of people goldman sachs scam

    • @fritzschnitzmueller3768
      @fritzschnitzmueller3768 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yeah that interviewer is terrible

  • @joycekoch5746
    @joycekoch5746 4 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    HR at Goldman Sachs was probably digging furiously through Greg's record to find a way to discredit him.

  • @Jstoney127
    @Jstoney127 9 ปีที่แล้ว +850

    Hire this man for the SEC

    • @richsan26
      @richsan26 8 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      +Jstoney127 how can you believe that. the same SEC is corrupt

    • @juanio7036
      @juanio7036 6 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      Jstoney127 if that happened he would have an unfortunate accident on his way to car.

    • @johannesandreasgribfibiger6677
      @johannesandreasgribfibiger6677 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      The SEC .... haha because that's a completely independent body

    • @koendevriendt6120
      @koendevriendt6120 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      they are not allowed to pay what he wants, i would think.

    • @StephenDoty84
      @StephenDoty84 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      No one else would hire this weasel. He's the type to never tell you your faults and then one day pay to have a sky writer tell the world instead out of the blue. A snake.

  • @GrassValleyGreg
    @GrassValleyGreg 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1945

    I love how Goldman Sachs has a TH-cam channel, but comments are disabled on every video lol

    • @tiffsaver
      @tiffsaver 10 ปีที่แล้ว +83

      I noticed that, too. Same as with fanatical Islamic videos. Birds of a feather.

    • @zezuxeef
      @zezuxeef 9 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      tiffsaver well the reason islamic videos are that way is because there are a very offensive people that will write some unethical comments in there.

    • @tiffsaver
      @tiffsaver 9 ปีที่แล้ว +53

      zezuxeef You mean, Islamic links like these, by actual Islamic sheiks, imams, and Muslim scholars??
      Islam: how to Beat Your Wife
      Taliban Muslims chops off nose, ears of 19-year-old Bibi Aisha for "shaming" her in-laws
      IRAN EXECUTES GAYS (VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED)
      Ruling on french kissing the wife while fasting
      www.islam-watch.org/authors/138-jake-neuman/1019-muhammad-existed-or-not-allah-is-certainly-a-fraudulent-creation.html
      www.answering-islam.org/Authors/Wood/pedophile.htm
      Burka
      Why do Muslims eat Halal - Unbelievable
      Why women should not convert to Islam - Ex-Muslim Woman.
      Ann Barnhardt - Female Genital Mutilation in Islamic culture (WARNING: GRAPHIC NSFW) (7 of 13)
      Dolls for little girls
      RE : Innocence of Muslims Full Movie - Prophet Mohammed Biography
      must see ! HOW MOST MUSLIMS TREAT A WOMAN
      Kurdish girl stoned to death because she falls in love with a sunni muslim
      The Prophet of Atrocity - Baby Brainwash
      unsettledchristianity.com/2008/12/textual-criticism-and-the-quran-muhammad-was-a-fraud/
      www.muhammadanism.org/Muhammad/Ripped_Apart.htm
      wikiislam.net/wiki/List_of_Killings_Ordered_or_Supported_by_Muhammad
      IRAN EXECUTES GAYS (VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED)
      Malala Yousafzai, 16, and Her Miraculous Story of Surviving Being Shot by the Taliban
      www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=3&ved=0CEAQFjAC&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.answeringmuslims.com%2F2013%2F10%2Fwas-muhammad-pedophile.html&ei=-FkqU9GjIOfD0AHZsYH4Ag&usg=AFQjCNFxu2avR8q2dh2AfJLL47b2T2oO3g&sig2=iNFwSp4oW6wmg7f7VgLFPg&bvm=bv.62922401,d.dmQ

    • @zezuxeef
      @zezuxeef 9 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      tiffsaver if this is how you view islam, then you have been misguided by an evil act, islam is peace and submission.

    • @santasa8888
      @santasa8888 9 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      tiffsaver
      OK, we get it - you are moron Islamophobe and thats cool, but your comment is misplaced.

  • @warrenebuffett63
    @warrenebuffett63 6 ปีที่แล้ว +667

    when you are not a psychopath and make it to the top

    • @umt6429
      @umt6429 5 ปีที่แล้ว +90

      He's a vp. Not enough of a sociopath to become an md

    • @lisaproctor7276
      @lisaproctor7276 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Lol

    • @beamertoy
      @beamertoy 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Psychopaths trusting others to be psychopaths. That's why the goose is golden and it's made so no one shoots at it.

    • @dmars7264
      @dmars7264 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@beamertoy Great analogy!

    • @void7799
      @void7799 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Pet your cats MD stands for managing director on wall street

  • @ravenkama6922
    @ravenkama6922 8 ปีที่แล้ว +439

    Love people like this! You can just see his genuine heart and soul all there.

    • @NYorkin
      @NYorkin 7 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      he is like snowden in institutional asset management lol - and he did not come 1 moment too early!!!!!!!

    • @sonykroket
      @sonykroket 6 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Women shouldn't be allowed to vote, all they care about is "mah feels"

    • @KwameSenecaLP
      @KwameSenecaLP 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      People like that are known as weaklings in England. He went to Wall Street but thought he was going to 7/11...smh

    • @patrickt873
      @patrickt873 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Haha...really?.

    • @srinidi679
      @srinidi679 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      True . You are a good soul.

  • @TheSapphire51
    @TheSapphire51 7 ปีที่แล้ว +756

    Gosh an honest man with a sense of ethics and integrity.Worth his weight in gold. A hero of our times

    • @JeffreyGillespie
      @JeffreyGillespie 6 ปีที่แล้ว +45

      Interesting how those ethics kicked in only after he'd made a few million, despite having discovered unethical behavior, quote, "in (his) first week".

    • @canefan17
      @canefan17 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      A hero? Haha ok

    • @nofool9621
      @nofool9621 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Of course it has to be a number of years before he realised what he's doing is ripping off people of their money and savings. Its hard to do that if you joined to make a good salary and at the top position. He has courage and honesty and reasoning capabilities to change and adapt to being a real teacher and guide for other people.. Hahaha I smoked too much!

    • @johnathangrey3463
      @johnathangrey3463 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      And women still want the bad boy oh the irony.

    • @patrickt873
      @patrickt873 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      You already believe him base on what?. Perhaps you already had a predisposition even before any evidence. Who is the muppet now

  • @ferdhinico.3402
    @ferdhinico.3402 7 ปีที่แล้ว +68

    I worked in the brokerage and banking department at Merrill Lynch and have dealt with multimillion dollar clients who have called me and literally cried because the financial advisor steals all their money in a legal way and they can't get it back. I see the issue but I can't do anything about it....so sad

    • @beatricerights
      @beatricerights 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      wow

    • @appleman957dontcare5
      @appleman957dontcare5 ปีที่แล้ว

      lol ok wana go tell the poor people now that the reason they no longer can have a house is because of people like you who lied about stock figures to "steal all their money" to get bigger and better bonus's

    • @vamostimow
      @vamostimow ปีที่แล้ว

      how can that happen ?

    • @jatinshilen
      @jatinshilen 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@divercamman3997it will cure a lot of things

  • @bruceLEEtheOne
    @bruceLEEtheOne 4 ปีที่แล้ว +170

    Why is 75% of this interview Anderson cooper talking

    • @daves.9479
      @daves.9479 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Because, imo, CNN has become a cult of Op-Ed personalities pretending to be journalists and self-promotion is encouraged and rewarded and interviews are edited, I'd guess, to favor the interviewer.

    • @adamsmith3413
      @adamsmith3413 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Because it’s all about them. Goldman was a better firm before they were transformed by the partnership change in the 1980s. The firm was a bastion of ethics in the 1950-1970s and I really mean that.

    • @mark-ish
      @mark-ish 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      🤣 a cooper hater and a snow flake.

    • @pleasantturtle2799
      @pleasantturtle2799 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@mark-ish why would anyone hate a Vanderbilt family member who rose through the meritocracy to become the face of the national security news network

    • @mrczz6690
      @mrczz6690 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Doesn't wanna hear it, blah

  • @inthevault9603
    @inthevault9603 5 ปีที่แล้ว +54

    There’s always a high price to pay for integrity and very few are willing to pay it. But the return to one’s sense of self respect and honesty far outweighs anything that might’ve been lost.

  • @swathi6056
    @swathi6056 6 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    He is a braveheart ! Why can't we have more people like him in this world!

  • @boeingdriver29
    @boeingdriver29 2 ปีที่แล้ว +59

    A friend of mine in Australia got a job at one of Australia’s big four banks. On his first day during an induction course he was told in no uncertain terms that “ we are not here to make money for our clients, we are here to make money for the bank”. This is the standard mantra throughout all the banking industry. They are predators.

    • @therewill1584
      @therewill1584 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      the client is there to make money for themselves, the bank is there to make money for themselves. everyone looks to their own interest, there's nothing predatory about that.

    • @gtbsaraiva
      @gtbsaraiva 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@therewill1584 but legal and ethical conducts must be followed. But in Real world that doesnt aleays happen and what people must do is to get financial education

  • @gowinidea
    @gowinidea 7 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    Thumbup to Greg Smith for the heart of steel he has!

  • @firefeethok_tui2355
    @firefeethok_tui2355 3 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    Hire him for SEC or become a lawyer for SEC! Or something similar. Glad to know there are people with integrity at the top. Even IF they leave. He is doing the right thing. Unfortunately people who do this are regarded, but then discarded. Its sad. PS anderson is jaded and it really shows in the interview.

  • @MominNz
    @MominNz 5 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    this guy is truly one honest misfit in GMSachs. Absolutely correct.

  • @-Muhammad_Ali-
    @-Muhammad_Ali- 4 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    How could this seemingly intelligent guy seriously expect some honesty and integrity from a big financial firm?

  • @murrayhart1
    @murrayhart1 8 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Good on you Greg for having the balls to expose these parasites.

  • @OriginalCovfefe
    @OriginalCovfefe 3 ปีที่แล้ว +57

    He wasnt actually an executive, he was a “VP”, the title given to over 1/4 of Goldman Sach’s employee for senior level employees. Goldman gave that title to them because it sounded a lot better for clients that a “VP” was managing their assets instead of some senior level 30-year old.

    • @samnuebel
      @samnuebel ปีที่แล้ว +9

      yeah in investment banking there is two titles above a vp, director and managing director which both are below c suite level

    • @NotGahruvey
      @NotGahruvey 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@samnuebelwait so hes like a mid level worker? And his salary was 500k?

    • @RafaelCDet
      @RafaelCDet 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@NotGahruvey not sure about Greg's specific division , but for investment bankers at Goldman the starting salary is about 140k, going up by another 100-150k every 3 or so years going from analyst -> associate -> vice president. After that comes Managing Director and at that point (about 12-15 years into your career) you're pocketing a couple millions every year, but to get there you basically have to be the best at your job and also work 80-100 hours a week for the first 6 years.

  • @PiranhaJaw22
    @PiranhaJaw22 5 ปีที่แล้ว +146

    my cousin made $80K bonus at GS, and left after two years. he was burnt out from 90 hours a week.

    • @freakinfrugal5268
      @freakinfrugal5268 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      That's not a life. Wealth is not all it's cracked up to be.

    • @yourmum997
      @yourmum997 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      PiranhaJaw22 He must have been in IBD or Merchant Banking. Sec Div (which is the division I and the person who resigned worked in) has better hours, generally in line with market hours, though pays less on the whole.

    • @yourmum997
      @yourmum997 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Harry Smith Oh yeah ofc; I only spent about a year and a half there as an analyst myself. You’re also right about VPs moving; not many VPs become MDs anyway (esp at GS) so they tend to get frustrated and either move to another company or leave the industry.

    • @mtadams2009
      @mtadams2009 4 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      My wife worked for a large investment bank for ten years. She worked her way up to managing director, she made an insane amount of money. She worked at least 90 hours a week, traveled all over the world for them, thenthey fired her. They did her a favor as her job was slowly killing her and us. She is now is a consultant and works from home, works less than half the hours, walks the dog, never misses our kids games, takes care of herself. Wall Street is brutal.

    • @mtadams2009
      @mtadams2009 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @Harry Smith She is an extremely hard worker who worked her way up, even though she was not trying to make MD. It was only sorta terrible before she made MD then her boss left and the ceiling fell.

  • @AndreyBoyd
    @AndreyBoyd 9 ปีที่แล้ว +268

    The golden recipe of investing business these days is: to take the most sophisticated products and try to sell them to the least sophisticated clients. Before it was called swindle now it is the quickest way to make money on Wall Street.

    • @outlawJosieFox
      @outlawJosieFox 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Andrey Boyd and Trump has recently ripped up Obama administration legislation that says a stock broker has to do what is best for his clients. Now they can legally dupe people.

    • @canefan17
      @canefan17 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Andrey Boyd I’d be hard-pressed to find an industry that doesn’t do this. If a company has a product to sell, they are going to do what they have to do to move it. Buyer beware.

    • @stevewoodson4635
      @stevewoodson4635 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Code pineapple Express 58
      Code red onions 78
      Code mango 98
      Code watermelon 118

    • @alexanderleo6809
      @alexanderleo6809 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      And then get a bailout when you’re still holding so much crappy product you couldn’t sell to others who would’ve had to actually eat the losses, and then use the bail out money to pay big bonuses

  • @bluedog03301998
    @bluedog03301998 8 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    One of Enron's stated corporate values..............integrity.

  • @chuckmcmicheal4999
    @chuckmcmicheal4999 5 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    Thank you Lord for making him someone to look up to and learn from. Be the light in the world

  • @JaySmith-rv4ro
    @JaySmith-rv4ro 5 ปีที่แล้ว +93

    “Take the most sophisticated product and sell it to the least sophisticated client” sounds like Apple to me lol

    • @orueom7720
      @orueom7720 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      🤣🤣🤣

  • @user-xv4gu9eb2p
    @user-xv4gu9eb2p 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Bankers are smart, but their greed exceeds their intelligence. Never invest a dime with them long term. They will crash and then get bailed out, nobody ends up in jail.

  • @djml7ml797
    @djml7ml797 9 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    's not always about the money. Respct man!

  • @theekiddunknown6069
    @theekiddunknown6069 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    The guy defending Sachs talks with 1 side of his lip up, that’s a person you can’t trust💯

  • @moviedude22
    @moviedude22 6 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    I wish nothing for the best for Greg Smith.

  • @ezrajuangarciacosio676
    @ezrajuangarciacosio676 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    What a human! your awsome my man, you are an inspiration to guys like me

  • @cetti4405
    @cetti4405 7 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    stealing a pack of hotdogs to feed your family can get you 5 years behind bars - stealing millions of dollars from customers through deceitful banking deals gets your bank fined (no jail time for anyone, if caught), which amounts to nothing, and you a huge bonus...
    Wallstreet a place where thieves can commit crimes with impunity.

    • @markroberts4575
      @markroberts4575 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Sao Pooh :You got that right.spot on.

    • @MrShanester117
      @MrShanester117 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Sao Pooh
      Nobody has ever done 5 years for stealing hot dogs

  • @audioplugrecords3686
    @audioplugrecords3686 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    This dude is a legend. Not alot of people will do this. Respect. One of these days people will have had enough of this garbage.

  • @majwor3763
    @majwor3763 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Wow this video was enlightening. What a bunch of crooks. Hard to believe there still is a person who believes in ethics!

  • @kanishkkashyap9283
    @kanishkkashyap9283 4 ปีที่แล้ว +48

    " He makes half a million dollars....a mid level job "
    😂😂😂
    No wonder clients are being riped off

    • @hadang7899
      @hadang7899 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Half a million dollars a year and live in Manhattan is like 50k in countryside.

    • @thiagogregory1
      @thiagogregory1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      @@hadang7899 no

    • @gabrielmondragon6308
      @gabrielmondragon6308 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      500k in Newyork is nothing

    • @cocainaforall4636
      @cocainaforall4636 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@gabrielmondragon6308
      You’re not from New York.

    • @gabrielmondragon6308
      @gabrielmondragon6308 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@cocainaforall4636 have you been to NY or are you from Miami?

  • @commonsense8334
    @commonsense8334 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    The day will come for these financial institutions to pay the piper.

  • @thehookgodz
    @thehookgodz 5 ปีที่แล้ว +55

    im too broke to watch this

    • @philipgates988
      @philipgates988 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The HookGodz Me too!!!

    • @freethinker3083
      @freethinker3083 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Never too broke to learn

    • @rbkfan200
      @rbkfan200 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      You’re broke, not poor. Broke is something you can change.

    • @toastytoastgod
      @toastytoastgod 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@rbkfan200 so is poor

    • @eileenahern-ku9nx
      @eileenahern-ku9nx หลายเดือนก่อน

      I love your honesty and comment - your brilliant ❤

  • @freespiritedbeing
    @freespiritedbeing 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Finance majors after listening to him say " you need a Phd in physics or engineering to understand these products" : 😒😒😒

  • @nobertstanel9428
    @nobertstanel9428 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    ,,Choose people by theyr values" - W.B
    Thumbs up for him

  • @hilarygomez7027
    @hilarygomez7027 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    I love how Anderson Cooper said “it’s like fight club?” so excitedly

  • @jl3268
    @jl3268 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    This intelligent man with a pure heart knew what was coming and he was right. I bet today he is doing something that is a service to others rather than service to self.
    ❤Bless him and his family.❤

  • @frans-hugosmit396
    @frans-hugosmit396 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    So super proud of this fellow South African!

  • @skoto8219
    @skoto8219 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    3:43 ahhh okay, south africa. i was thinking that was the weirdest australian accent i'd ever heard.

  • @yousaidwhaaaattt8631
    @yousaidwhaaaattt8631 8 ปีที่แล้ว +67

    Good for him for having some balls. WTG Playa.

    • @thebestofallworlds187
      @thebestofallworlds187 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      the same people don't own the news media? just asking questions. could be put out for unknown motives.

  • @craiginzana
    @craiginzana 7 ปีที่แล้ว +272

    I think it's worth noting that it's Anderson Cooper's job to play devil's advocate and make sure his story/point holds up.

    • @roflcopterszz
      @roflcopterszz 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      right, that's his job. he's bad at his job :/

    • @tar6400
      @tar6400 7 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      Fuck you Anderson Cooper is a walking piece of cooperate filth. Just because one pile of shit is smellier than the other, it doesn't make the first shit smell any better.

    • @chiffmonkey
      @chiffmonkey 6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      He never left the CIA, he's just undercover.

    • @zacharyhebert6423
      @zacharyhebert6423 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      cia controls the media, among other parts of institutions. unless we focus on taking them down nothing will get better

    • @joshuaharrell554
      @joshuaharrell554 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      zachary herbert that's what Twitter is for.

  • @mattysoup
    @mattysoup 5 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    7:58 untrue. Goldman pushed a huge amount of subprime mortgage derivatives. They just didn't hold it on their own balance sheet. Doesn't mean they didn't contribute. How could he say such a thing?

    • @spanishmontana6121
      @spanishmontana6121 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      He got paid to say that

    • @Quantum3691
      @Quantum3691 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      That's a dumb question with obvious answers.

    • @dake6844
      @dake6844 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yeah, and that's why government bailed out GS. Noting to compare with Lehman, Bear Sterns and Countrywide, they all did well during financial crisis.

  • @CrappyApple001
    @CrappyApple001 10 ปีที่แล้ว +172

    The Bible is misquoted by many as saying that money is the root of all evil. But it actually says "the LOVE of money is the root of all evils". When people value money more than anything ethical, it becomes a problem. I'm kinda glad I'm not wealthy by most peoples standards. The are very generous wealthy people, no doubt, but my guess is that they are in the minority. But in my mind, intentionally ripping someone off is equivalent to selling your soul. Read George Washington's farewell address to the nation. Its astounding. Just my two cents.

    • @buttbrowser
      @buttbrowser 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Interesting. & thanks for tip about George.

    • @chiffmonkey
      @chiffmonkey 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      The bible also contradicts itself, so I don't really take it as a great source of information.

    • @RR-rx2lt
      @RR-rx2lt 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Like how george riped his slaves and native indians

    • @johna8541
      @johna8541 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Bobbo Morgan OK many of the others are either copying errors that doesn't change the meaning of the verse chapter or book. Others are misunderstanding of by you some mistranlations and some by a simplistic understanding due to reading out of context. Why would you take these examples at face value without understanding the translation or the verse in context? It's like when atheist say I don't believe in an old man living in the sky who sent himself to earth so he can be killed for the sin of another man. Well most don't believe this either. It's wrong theologically.

    • @NickLiang
      @NickLiang 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      God never created currency or money, it is a human endeavour. Why would anything about money be in the Bible.

  • @bikemibby2216
    @bikemibby2216 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    And thus wallstreetbets was formed

  • @chrisboston
    @chrisboston หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I worked at Goldman Sachs 20 years ago and saw this back then, they claim to be full of “Integrity” and “Value” but the people at top are enriching themselves at the expense of most people

  • @yaya8270
    @yaya8270 6 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    I like how they explicitly make the point to say that GS has not committed any fraud from a legal stand point.
    Stealing people's retirement funds with fees/financial instruments they cannot understand is not a punishable fraud.

    • @donaldrobinson214
      @donaldrobinson214 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      But it's still fraud and what comes around goes around, this world cannot make it when everyone is just out for themselves

  • @MagicalFlowers4u
    @MagicalFlowers4u 10 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    God Bless people like him!

  • @leonjee4245
    @leonjee4245 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    More like: "I'm leaving before we get caught for fraud and I go to jail."

  • @chuckjohnson3316
    @chuckjohnson3316 7 ปีที่แล้ว +44

    great clip for my econs class

  • @JohnDoe-tw5og
    @JohnDoe-tw5og 8 ปีที่แล้ว +76

    Criminals running the banking sector!

  • @Boutit031
    @Boutit031 4 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    Can't mistake that accent - South Africa or Rhodesia (Zimbabwe) 💪🏾🇿🇦

    • @kookokooko-xg5uo
      @kookokooko-xg5uo 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      How come all the successful people coming out of South Africa are white ?

    • @gabrielmondragon6308
      @gabrielmondragon6308 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@kookokooko-xg5uo breaking news, the faken sky is blue!

    • @kookokooko-xg5uo
      @kookokooko-xg5uo 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@gabrielmondragon6308 yes it is. But you're not answering WHY is the sky blue or why are all successful people coming out of a predominantly black country white?

  • @dochmbi
    @dochmbi 8 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    That description of Goldman Sachs ripping off its customers reminded me of The Wolf of Wall Street.

  • @mr.rochester1857
    @mr.rochester1857 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Goldman Sachs: “we did a self audit and found a tax rebate”

  • @JohnVKaravitis
    @JohnVKaravitis หลายเดือนก่อน

    "Goldman Sachs." That's all I needed to hear. The comedy writes itself.

  • @hitmenext1182
    @hitmenext1182 9 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    8:26 XD Goldman Sachs is like Fight club

  • @thisguycanskate
    @thisguycanskate 4 ปีที่แล้ว +89

    This man kind of looks like Jeff Bezos

    • @raby8881
      @raby8881 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Dylan OSoGood but younger

    • @jerkchickenblog
      @jerkchickenblog 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      this man is a decent person, bezos is satan on earth

    • @darkmatters9042
      @darkmatters9042 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Just be coz he’s bald 👨‍🦲 he does not look like Be zoos

    • @mariogamefreak1
      @mariogamefreak1 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Dylan OSoGood he like Bezos nicer twin brother

    • @marcusmay5461
      @marcusmay5461 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      With two working eyes

  • @WaveGodx1
    @WaveGodx1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    The Vice President of a huge bank only made half a million a year? Yea I’d leave too.

    • @tannerdpm
      @tannerdpm 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Banks, esp. that size, hand out the VP title like candy. Goldman itself has over 10,000 VP positions. It's a fairly junior-level title.

    • @asimsohail1828
      @asimsohail1828 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      "VP" at investment banks is not a VP at any other company. There are over 12,000 "vice presdients" working at goldman. The VP you'd think about is the C suite officers that get paid over $10 million at goldman sachs

  • @gamingrewind6099
    @gamingrewind6099 5 ปีที่แล้ว +44

    "no evidence of wrongdoing" LOL

  • @hossahunter22
    @hossahunter22 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    If you buy something without checking the price somewhere else, that's on the buyer. Always shop around. But yeah, banking sucks

  • @MegaNainaa
    @MegaNainaa 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    It is so sad that these bank and investment companies get away ripping off people while a person who perhaps stole a piece of bread because he was hungry goes to prison, no injustice.

  • @CheeseMan1391
    @CheeseMan1391 9 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I think Frank P. didn't understand the Fight Club reference

  • @dansnyder8589
    @dansnyder8589 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    500k is a mid-level salary...? Just goes to show you how much they suck out of people who deal with them.

  • @Wastelander1972
    @Wastelander1972 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    As he described it, it sounds to me like some of Goldman Sachs is guilty of Front-Running.

    • @stevewoodson4635
      @stevewoodson4635 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes true and the rest of right now we could meet at making sure that truth is that way galaxy kryptonite

  • @pixelmartyr8532
    @pixelmartyr8532 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Investments are crap. Banks sell a bill of goods and call it an investment.

  • @dora7131
    @dora7131 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Bravo, Bravo!!

  • @missska9206
    @missska9206 7 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    11:47 the fact that Greg is a disgruntled employee does not invalidate his testimony, especially that the practices he admitted to, were widely known and discussed before he came out. Frankly - the fact alone, that his book and testimony is that widely publicised signifies that GS came out of favour and needed bringing to heel (something like DSK affair).

  • @issemxfi
    @issemxfi 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    When has any bank or financial institution been ethical? Or had any integrity?

  • @tommathew7684
    @tommathew7684 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Goldman Sachs will never fail. It's largest client is Philip Morris, representing over 13% of gross and nearly 60% of pretax income. They wouldn't hire me because I went to New York University. So I bankrupted them. Today they hire from NYU, not because of me but because students from Harvard do not want to work for them anymore.

  • @wafaaahmed9939
    @wafaaahmed9939 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    OMG .realy ? I can't believe that !

  • @shari777smith2
    @shari777smith2 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    and now we know exactly why HRC won't release the 'transcripts.'

  • @buncha1499
    @buncha1499 8 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Really admirable that he did this. I wonder if he's endorsing Sanders?

  • @JonahEnglerNY
    @JonahEnglerNY 9 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Great vid thanks for posting.

  • @filmerd
    @filmerd 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Great hit piece. I hope you guys spend that Goldman money well!!!!

  • @Jeanne90275
    @Jeanne90275 11 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Vulture culture...targeting pension funds & philanthropies. Ethical
    Wall Street is an oxymoron. Half a million dollars at 33 isn't doing
    too badly...he probably wasn't willing to work on the shady derivatives.

    • @stevewoodson4635
      @stevewoodson4635 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Lucky buzzard Billy's the update on your phone

  • @apope06
    @apope06 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    It took him years to realize they are corrupt? I dont by it! It got rich then ditched.

  • @kaunas88
    @kaunas88 7 ปีที่แล้ว +69

    Only the most naive would consider Goldman Sachs to be "trustworthy". What a laugh! They helped Greece cook the books to get into the European Union. How can institutional investors be this ignorant and trusting. Remember: be skeptical of experts.

    • @habibbialikafe339
      @habibbialikafe339 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      be skeptical of everyone, but cynical of no one. find reasoning in people's actions and act accordingly

    • @georgem.2437
      @georgem.2437 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      They get the job they got hired to do done. That creates track record, trust. Now regarding the Greek matter.... Name 1 country that didnt "window dressed" their books to create fiscal eligibility required for the Euro-zone. Deutschebank already got bailed out 3x. 1 via the irish bail-in, 2 by Greek PSI, 3 from a direct bail out from the german tax payers in 2006. P.s. i am geeek by the way 😎

    • @stevewoodson4635
      @stevewoodson4635 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Loaded dice
      Twin headquarters coins
      Mark. Cardstock
      Jumbled roulette wheel
      Flexibility slots machine arms
      Bumfuzzle bamboo baccarat table
      Computer hack into the update system

    • @ashleyhartley1177
      @ashleyhartley1177 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@stevewoodson4635lol casino is rigged

    • @xander1201
      @xander1201 ปีที่แล้ว

      You mean eurozone not the eu

  • @thekaiser4333
    @thekaiser4333 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    @CBS
    This was not 60 minutes. Thiswas 13 minutes and 28 seconds.
    Why did you censor the rest?

  • @ef9984
    @ef9984 6 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    The interviewer works for Goldman

  • @WOLFMAN305
    @WOLFMAN305 6 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    7:30 I'm lmao at how they said they'll read his book first then they'll comment. Obviously it's only so they can prepare to negate everything he's saying. Damn, they really are savages.

    • @Bboydu78000
      @Bboydu78000 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Investing what people are accusing them of before defending themselves, now that is some real strategy, i understand why those guys come from top schools

    • @chuckmcmicheal4999
      @chuckmcmicheal4999 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Yeah, if they were so honest they wouldnt sweat a book.

    • @iancoker1987
      @iancoker1987 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      they wanted to know just how much they would have to reveal and spin the narrative to avoid other issues. They likely have multiple moral shortcomings on larger scales that he was unaware of.

  • @giggs112008
    @giggs112008 6 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Moral of the story...there is NO such thing as honesty, loyalty, or integrity when other people are dealing with YOUR own money/assets and especially massive corporations/financial institutions.

    • @donaldrobinson214
      @donaldrobinson214 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Corporate America has no reason no desire or want to be honest, it is an entity in itself that only believes in greed not America

  • @SilentEraEU
    @SilentEraEU 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    8:32 best discription of GS & consort, couldn't have made it up myself

  • @Vanessa-ex5cb
    @Vanessa-ex5cb 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Iam really happy to see that Greg Smith has not sold his soul, the other ones are soulless and deep in the mud..if you know what i mean!!!

  • @loboalamo
    @loboalamo 9 ปีที่แล้ว +46

    He is alive. That is saying a lot. If he would have given notice, he would have been in the hands of assassins. Maybe its not over for him or his family. May he and his be protected, by our Creator and His everloving angels.

    • @Maximillian693
      @Maximillian693 9 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      exactly my thoughts. may he stay safe and alive. brave man.

  • @DavidNovaa
    @DavidNovaa 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Hes basically saying he's tired of watching Goldman rip his clients off

  • @christophertaylor3150
    @christophertaylor3150 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Very courageous yo speak Up about what is wrong when that is unpopular

  • @bethbartlett5692
    @bethbartlett5692 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I understand by his from a Consumer Position, with Wells Fargo -
    Not much in options now.

  • @kenimprov
    @kenimprov 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Well, as Warran Buffet always preaches, hedge funds consistently underperform the market. Instead of paying for "experts" for your investments, it's much more profitable to just buy the S&P ETF and sit and do nothing for 10, 20 years.

    • @224dot0dot0dot10
      @224dot0dot0dot10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Didn't Warren Buffett own a lot of shares of Goldman Sachs in his Berkshire Hathaway stock portfolio? Why did Charlie Munger and Warren Buffett purchase so much Goldman Sachs stock?

  • @Trending.News.in.India.
    @Trending.News.in.India. 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    this guys looking very hardworking. His eyes tells me.'

  • @TheLuminousOne
    @TheLuminousOne 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Lot of respect for this man.

  • @vansonia
    @vansonia 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    banks and lawyers. damn ruined everyone.

  • @tylerkelley4403
    @tylerkelley4403 3 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    Successful people don't become that way overnight. What most people see at a glance-wealth, a great career, purpose is the result of hard work and hustle over time. I pray that anyone reading this will be successful in life.

    • @dylanphillips2688
      @dylanphillips2688 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I advice everyone to start investing and never rely on just salary.. No billionaire made it through salary.

    • @richardjohnson875
      @richardjohnson875 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yeah i agree with you sir

    • @stevensmith2835
      @stevensmith2835 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      If you want to be successful have the mindset of the rich, spend less and invest more. Don't give up your dreams.

    • @gregorydelgado9972
      @gregorydelgado9972 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      People come here with the aim of chasing money more than knowledge and that will damage your progress trust me. chase knowledge first and i promise the money will follow you.

    • @cartertimothy8550
      @cartertimothy8550 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      That's very correct sir!! And that is why most of them end up losing they money to scammers.

  • @ChaceBonanno
    @ChaceBonanno 5 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Why go into finance if you have morals?

    • @latslarsson2001
      @latslarsson2001 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Because finance is an important part of the economy. Personally, I'm convinced that finance doesn't have to be toxic. It's a shame that it always seems to be tho

    • @Thatscrazyyourecrazy
      @Thatscrazyyourecrazy 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@latslarsson2001 well wealth management and even most F.A aren’t but investment banking and even PE I’ve heard a lot of shady things

  • @northwoodsguy
    @northwoodsguy 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    It is good to know there are good people, too bad they leave where they could do the most good.

  • @Mike-01234
    @Mike-01234 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    401k plans always had hidden fees that's why when you look at the fund return says 20% return when you add up your actual gains the math doesn't add up. Thats why personal return % are usually not available for 401k plans are for IRA's where you trade your own stocks, mutual funds, or ETF's.