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US Top News and Analysis | What Goldman’s lead role in SpaceX’s record-breaking IPO means for investors

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Goldman Sachs landed the coveted “lead left” position on SpaceX’s historic IPO, positioning the bank to manage share allocation, pricing and valuation while earning a sizable portion of the underwriting fees. The space‑flight company’s offering—expected to be the largest ever, valued at about $1.25 trillion—could generate more than $500 million in fees, comparable to the $535 million Goldman reported in equity underwriting last quarter. The deal follows a surge in Goldman’s investment‑banking revenue, which rose 48 % to $2.84 billion, and signals the firm’s readiness to lead other mega‑IPOs, such as those anticipated from AI firms OpenAI and Anthropic. Analysts note that success with SpaceX would boost Goldman’s reputation and give it an edge over rivals like Morgan Stanley, Bank of America, Citigroup and JPMorgan in competing for future high‑profile offerings.

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la_voix May 14

#Trump en #Chine : plus d'une douzaine de chefs d'entreprise américains ont rejoint Trump lors de sa visite d'État en Chine pour discuter de questions telles que le #commerce, la #technologie et l' #intelligenceartificielle ( #IA ) avec le président chinois #XiJinping. #SpaceX et #ElonMusk de #Tesla, #TimCook d’ #Apple et #DavidSolomon de #GoldmanSachs figurent parmi les principaux dirigeants d’entreprises. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/5/14/who-are-the-us-ceos-in-china-with-trump-and-whats-in-it-for-them?traffic_source=rss

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The Bad Place May 14

9News | The motley crew of billionaires tagging along on Trump's China visit by 9News

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Donald Trump arrived in Beijing atop Air Force One accompanied by a heavyweight delegation of U.S. business leaders and billionaires whose combined net worth exceeds a trillion dollars, including Elon Musk, Tim Cook (referred to as “Tim Apple”), Jensen Huang of NVIDIA, leaders from Apple, Boeing, Meta, Mastercard, Visa, Goldman Sachs, Micron and others, as well as filmmaker Brett Ratner. Trump announced that his first request of President Xi will be to “open up” China for these companies to make deals, hoping to revive U.S.‑China trade after recent tariffs that have slashed Chinese purchases of American goods. The entourage also sparked controversy, with Musk facing potential legal trouble for traveling abroad despite a court order, and Trump defending the inclusion of Huang after a media report claimed he had been snubbed. The trip underscores Trump’s pattern of surrounding himself with corporate titans to pursue economic and diplomatic goals in China.

#DonaldTrump #ElonMusk #TimCook #GoldmanSachs #JensenHuang #LarryFink #StephenSchwarzman #KellyOrtberg #BrianSikes #JaneFraser #larryculp #DavidSolomon #SanjayMehrotra #CristianoAmon #BrettRatner

The motley crew of billionaires tagging along on Trump's China visit

<p>With a combined value of well more than a trillion dollars, they all have something to gain from the trip.</p>

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The Bad Place May 13

PBS NewsHour - The Latest | Who was on Trump's plane to China? Elon Musk, Nvidia CEO and more by Michelle Chapman, Associated Press

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President Donald Trump flew to Beijing on Air Force One accompanied by a high‑profile delegation of U.S. business leaders – among them Elon Musk, the Tesla and SpaceX CEO who previously headed Trump’s short‑lived Department of Government Efficiency; Tim Cook, Apple’s outgoing chief executive; Jensen Huang, founder and CEO of Nvidia; and Boeing’s CEO Kelly Ortberg – as well as top executives such as BlackRock chairman Larry Fink, Blackstone’s Stephen Schwarzman, Cargill’s Brian Sikes, Citi’s Jane Fraser, GE Aerospace chief H. Lawrence Culp, Goldman Sachs’s David Solomon, Illumina’s Jacob Thaysen, Mastercard’s Michael Miebach, Meta’s Dina Powell McCormick, Micron’s Sanjay Mehrotra, Qualcomm’s Cristiano Amon and Visa’s Ryan McInerney. The entourage underscores the trip’s focus on trade, artificial‑intelligence policy and broader economic issues as Trump meets President Xi Jinping.

#DonaldTrump #ElonMusk #TimCook #JensenHuang #KellyOrtberg #LarryFink #StephenSchwarzman #Nvidia #Apple #Boeing #China #donaldtrumpnews #techindustry #XiJinping #BrianSikes #JaneFraser #LawrenceCulp #DavidSolomon #JacobThaysen #MichaelMiebach #DinaPowellMcCormick #SanjayMehrotra #CristianoAmon #RyanMcInerney

Who was on Trump's plane to China? Elon Musk, Nvidia CEO and more

Prominent U.S. executives from Big Tech and Wall Street to agriculture and aerospace are joining President Donald Trump on his trip to China this week. Here's a list.

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The Bad Place May 13

Times of India | After reports of Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang missing Trump’s China visit, US President says ‘Jensen is currently ...’

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US President Donald Trump reportedly called Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang on the morning of May 12, urging him to join the President’s China delegation, and Huang subsequently boarded Air Force One for the trip. Trump confirmed Huang’s participation in a Truth Social post, listing other tech leaders such as Elon Musk, Tim Cook, Larry Fink, and several CEOs who will travel to China to meet President Xi Jinping, with the President’s agenda focused on agriculture and commercial aviation rather than high‑end semiconductors. The article notes that while the administration has cleared Nvidia’s H200 AI chips for export to China, the deals have stalled due to Chinese regulatory hurdles, and Trump plans to ask Xi to “open up” China for these industry leaders.

#JensenHuang #DonaldTrump #Nvidia #XiJinping #Qualcomm #ElonMusk #TimCook #LarryFink #StephenSchwarzman #KellyOrtberg #BrianSikes #JaneFraser #larryculp #DavidSolomon #SanjayMehrotra #CristianoAmon

After reports of Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang missing Trump’s China visit, US President says ‘Jensen is currently ...’ - The Times of India

Tech News News: US President Donald Trump reportedly called Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang at the 11th hour Tuesday, May 12 to join his China delegation, says a report by Se.

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The Bad Place May 12

Observer | 16 Business Leaders to Join Trump on High-Stakes China Trip, With Notable Absences by Rachel Curry

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President Donald Trump is set to travel to Beijing for a two‑day summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping, accompanied by a delegation of 16 top U.S. executives from technology, finance and manufacturing, including Apple CEO Tim Cook, Tesla and SpaceX founder Elon Musk, BlackRock’s Larry Fink and CEOs of Qualcomm, Micron, Boeing, Goldman Sachs and others. The visit comes amid heightened U.S.–China tensions over trade, AI, semiconductor exports, Taiwan, fentanyl trafficking and the broader geopolitical fallout of the Iran war, and signals the growing role of corporate America in diplomatic negotiations as firms seek to secure supply‑chain stability and market access. Notable absences were Nvidia’s Jensen Huang, OpenAI’s Sam Altman and Cisco’s Chuck Robbins, while the delegation is expected to discuss potential new “boards of investment” and “boards of trade” and address specific corporate interests such as Tesla’s approval for its full‑self‑driving technology and Boeing’s pursuit of a major Chinese aircraft order.

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16 Business Leaders to Join Trump on High-Stakes China Trip, With Notable Absences

The White House delegation includes leaders from tech, finance and manufacturing as Washington seeks closer economic talks with Beijing.

Observer

The Bad Place May 11

US Top News and Analysis | Trump invites Elon Musk, Tim Cook, Larry Fink and other CEOs to join China trip for Xi summit

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President Donald Trump has invited a delegation of top U.S. executives—including Tesla CEO Elon Musk, Apple CEO Tim Cook, BlackRock CEO Larry Fink, Boeing CEO Kelly Ortberg, as well as leaders from Blackstone, Cargill, Citi, Cisco, GE Aerospace, Goldman Sachs, Illumina, Mastercard, Meta, Micron, Qualcomm, Visa and others—to join his trip to China for meetings with President Xi Jinping, with the agenda focused on trade, artificial‑intelligence cooperation, export controls, Taiwan and the Iran conflict, and with Trump hoping to secure a series of business deals and purchase agreements during the summit.

#Trump #ElonMusk #TimCook #LarryFink #XiJinping #BlackRock #Boeing #Blackstone #Citigroup #GoldmanSachs # #DonaldTrump #KellyOrtberg #StephenSchwarzman #BrianSikes #JaneFraser #ChuckRobbins #JimAnderson #LawrenceCulp #DavidSolomon #JacobThaysen #MichaelMiebach #DinaPowellMcCormick #SanjayMehrotra #CristianoAmon #RyanMcInerney

The Bad Place May 1

qwant news | Exclusive | Goldman Sachs’ top lawyer Kathy Ruemmler turned down $30M to represent Jeffrey Epstein after his 2019 arrest: sources

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Goldman Sachs’ chief legal officer Kathy Ruemmler announced she will leave the firm on June 30, citing the “noise and distraction” generated by her past email communications with the late pedophile Jeffrey Epstein. According to sources, Ruemmler was asked in July 2019 to join Epstein’s defense team and later offered a flat $30 million to quit her job and represent him, both offers she rejected—partly because her employer, Latham & Watkins, would not permit it. She attended Epstein’s 2019 arraignment not as a friend but as a gatekeeper for a major client (the Swiss bank Rothschild Group) her firm represented, and she has since disclosed and reviewed all related emails, even funding external counsel herself. Goldman’s CEO David Solomon urged her to stay, believing she did nothing wrong, and Ruemmler plans to testify before a House committee to clarify how the “Epstein hysteria” has affected people uninvolved in his crimes.

#KathyRuemmler #JeffreyEpstein #GoldmanSachs #LathamWatkins #Housecommittee #EdmonddeRothschild #DavidSolomon

The Bad Place Apr 30

qwant news | Former Goldman Sachs CEO Says This Underrated Skill Matters More Than Being a Genius

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Former Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein argues that success depends far more on hard work, curiosity and the ability to spot and seize overlooked opportunities than on innate genius or high IQ. Drawing on his own journey—from growing up in Brooklyn public housing, becoming valedictorian, attending Harvard, and climbing the ranks from a commodities trader at J. Aron to leading Goldman Sachs—he emphasizes that many high‑achievers are not prodigies but people who “applied themselves,” kept their ears open, and took advantage of lucky breaks. Blankfein also notes that such opportunities are often more accessible than people think, echoing current CEO David Solomon’s view that resilience, determination and real‑world experience matter more than raw intelligence in advancing careers.

#LloydBlankfein #GoldmanSachs #DavidSolomon