Abby Joseph Cohen | |
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Born | Queens, New York City, U.S. | February 29, 1952
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | Cornell University George Washington University |
Occupation(s) | Economist, Financial analyst |
Spouse | David M. Cohen |
Children | two |
Abby Joseph Cohen (born February 29, 1952) is an American economist and financial analyst on Wall Street. She is a professor of business at Columbia Business School.[1] In 1999, she was first named as one of the most powerful women in business by Fortune Magazine. Later accolades included being named the second most powerful woman in finance by American Banker Magazine and one of the 30 most powerful women in America by Ladies Home Journal. Cohen has been included in Barron's 100 most influential women in finance every year since the list's inception.[2]
She worked at Goldman Sachs for three decades, including as the firm's Chief Investment Strategist prior to March 2008 and then as leader of its policy-oriented Global Markets Institute, before retiring from Goldman Sachs in 2022.[3][4] Her career has been the subject of a Harvard Business School case study, a cover story in BusinessWeek Magazine and a feature article in The New Yorker magazine, including cartoon.