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A Goldman M&A Banker Helped Bring the Olympics to Los Angeles

September 19, 2026·32 min·6-min readinterviewbusiness
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Gene Sykes, co-head of Global M&A at Goldman Sachs and president of the U.S. Olympic Committee, discusses the upcoming 2028 Los Angeles Olympics and the evolving landscape of mergers and acquisitions, particularly in the context of AI. The games are set to be the largest privately funded Ol

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Gene Sykes

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Goldman SachsNBCComcastOpenAISpaceXAnthropicUCLA

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Artificial IntelligenceBusiness NewsMergers AcquisitionsOlympicsStartupsTech IndustryVenture Capital

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