After 26 years at Goldman Sachs, Robin Vince walked away without another job lined up. In this episode of “Executive Decisions,” the BNY CEO reflects on why he stepped off a successful career path, what he learned during the global financial crisis and how that pause ultimately led him to one of America’s oldest banks.
After 26 years at Goldman Sachs, Robin Vincemade a decisionfewsenior Wall Street executives would make: he walked away without another job lined up. At 48, he chose to take what he called a “gap year,” turning down an immediate approach from BNY so he could step back and think carefully about what he wanted from the next phase of his life and career.
In this episode of “Executive Decisions,” the BNY CEO explains why stepping away became essential, and how that pause helped him decide he was not finished building. He reflects on the pressure, uncertainty and self-doubt that shaped his career, from arriving in France as a child unable to speak the language to navigating the intensity of Goldman Sachs in the 1990s.
Vince also looks back on the globalfinancial crisis, including the weekend of Lehman Brothers’ collapse, and the lesson he took from moments of extreme pressure: learn toworkthe problem. He then discusses the transformation of BNY under his leadership, why consistency matters in building institutions and how he balances running one of America’s oldest banks with family life and personal wellbeing.
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