Abby Joseph Cohen

Abby Joseph Cohen
Born (1952-02-29) February 29, 1952 (age 72)
Queens, New York City, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
Alma materCornell University
George Washington University
Occupation(s)Economist, Financial analyst
SpouseDavid M. Cohen
Childrentwo

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.

  1. ^ "Abby Joseph Cohen". Columbia Business School Directory. 2014-09-15. Retrieved 2023-02-16.
  2. ^ For several years, she was ranked #1 in Portfolio Strategy by Institutional Investor Magazine and Greenwich Associates Women in Finance - Abby Joseph Cohen - Barron, 17 March 2023
  3. ^ "Agenda 2016: Reviving U.S. Economic Growth". Progressive Policy Institute. November 13, 2015. Archived from the original on July 19, 2019. Retrieved December 7, 2015.
  4. ^ "Abby Joseph Cohen, Famous for Bullish Calls, Plans to Retire". Bloomberg News. February 10, 2017.