Jared Cohen

Jared Cohen
Born
Jared Andrew Cohen

(1981-11-24) November 24, 1981 (age 42)
NationalityAmerican
Alma materStanford University
Oxford University
EmployerGoldman Sachs
Organization(s)Goldman Sachs,
Council on Foreign Relations
Known forFounder and former CEO of Jigsaw at Google
SpouseRebecca Zubaty

Jared Andrew Cohen (born November 24, 1981) is an American businessman and presidential historian[1][2] serving as the President of Global Affairs and co-head of the Goldman Sachs Global Institute at Goldman Sachs, which he joined in August 2022 as a Partner and member of the firm's Management Committee.[3][4][5][6] He is also an Adjunct Senior Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations.[7] Previously, he was the founder and the CEO of Jigsaw (formerly Google Ideas).[8][9] Prior to that, he served as a member of the Secretary of State's Policy Planning Staff and as an advisor to Condoleezza Rice and later Hillary Clinton.[10] Brought in by Condoleezza Rice as a member of the Policy Planning Staff, he was one of a few staffers that stayed under Hillary Clinton.[11] In this capacity, he focused on counter-terrorism, counter-radicalization, Middle East/South Asia, Internet freedom, and fostering opposition in repressive countries.[12]

According to The New York Times Magazine, right before his departure Cohen was one of the architects of what was labeled in 2010 as "21st century statecraft" along with Richard Boly and several foreign service officers in the Department of State's Office of eDiplomacy[13][14][15] In 2013, Cohen was named by Time as one of its 100 most influential people.[16]

  1. ^ https://www.wsj.com/arts-culture/books/life-after-power-review-postpresidential-pursuits-599ce59b
  2. ^ https://freebeacon.com/culture/exploits-of-the-ex-presidents/
  3. ^ "Goldman Sachs hires Alphabet tech incubator CEO Jared Cohen for new innovation group". CNBC. 12 July 2022.
  4. ^ "Goldman hires Google executive to co-head applied innovation unit - ET CIO".
  5. ^ "Goldman hires senior Google executive for new innovation group". Financial Times. 12 July 2022.
  6. ^ "Goldman hires Google exec to co-head applied innovation unit - memo". Reuters. 12 July 2022.
  7. ^ "Jared Cohen". Council on Foreign Relations. Retrieved 2023-01-18.
  8. ^ "Jared Cohen and Yasmin Green". Fortune. 2017-08-17. Retrieved 2017-10-10.
  9. ^ Weintraub, Seth (15 August 2010). "Google to open 'Google Ideas' global technology think tank". Fortune. CNN Money. Retrieved 7 May 2013.
  10. ^ Larson, Christina (7 September 2010). "State Department Innovator Goes to Google". Foreign Policy. Retrieved 7 May 2013.(registration required)
  11. ^ Last, Jonathan V. (17 August 2009). "Tweeting While Tehran Burns". Weekly Standard. Vol. 14, no. 45. Retrieved 19 August 2012.
  12. ^ Lichtenstein, Jesse (5 November 2007). "Condi's Party Starter". The New Yorker. Retrieved 7 May 2013.
  13. ^ "IRM Office of eDiplomacy". State Department. Retrieved Sep 5, 2013.
  14. ^ "21st Century Statecraft". State Department. Retrieved Sep 5, 2013.
  15. ^ Lichtenstein, Jesse (16 July 2010). "Digital Diplomacy". The New York Times Magazine.
  16. ^ Isaacson, Walter (18 April 2013). "The 2013 TIME 100". Pioneers: Jared Cohen, Idea man, 31. TIME magazine. Retrieved 12 May 2013.

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