David Goldman - Executive Editor, CNN Business
David Goldman
Executive Editor, CNN Business
David Goldman is the executive editor of CNN Business, overseeing coverage of markets, companies, strategy and business leaders.
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OpenAI officially announces Sam Altman has returned as CEO and Microsoft gains a non-voting board seat
Nov 30, 2023
Twelve days after OpenAI fired Sam Altman as CEO and Greg Brockman as board chairman, the company formally announced that it has hired them both back.
Sam Altman returns to OpenAI in a bizarre reversal of fortunes
Nov 22, 2023
Sam Altman has agreed to return to lead OpenAI, the company said in a Wednesday post on X, just days after his surprise ouster as chief executive and an employee backlash that threatened to undermine what has been the leading company in the fledgling artificial intelligence industry.
Sam Altman joins Microsoft as OpenAI names its third CEO in 3 days
Nov 20, 2023
Microsoft has hired Sam Altman to power up its artificial intelligence research efforts after the co-founder of OpenAI was ousted as CEO in a chaotic boardroom coup on Friday. Meanwhile, the ChatGPT company will get its third CEO in three days.
How OpenAI so royally screwed up the Sam Altman firing
Nov 20, 2023
OpenAI’s overseers worried that the company was making a nuclear bomb, and its caretaker, Sam Altman, was moving so fast that he risked a global catastrophe.
Sam Altman is back at OpenAI … with a guest badge
Nov 20, 2023
Sam Altman is back at OpenAI. Well… he’s back at the OpenAI headquarters in San Francisco, anyway. Whether or not he returns as CEO of the ChatGPT parent company is still up in the air.
Elon Musk agrees with antisemitic X post that claims Jews ‘push hatred’ against White people
Nov 17, 2023
Agreeing with an antisemitic post on his social media platform X, Elon Musk concurred that Jewish communities push “hatred against Whites.”
Striking actors are reviewing Hollywood and TV studios’ ‘best and final offer’
Nov 05, 2023
A deal to resolve film and television actors’ 113-day strike could be imminent, as the union representing them said it is reviewing Hollywood and TV studios’ final offer.
Why bitcoin is surging again
Oct 25, 2023
Bitcoin is rocketing higher, topping $35,000 for the first time since May 2022. It’s up 20% over the past five days.
Chevron agrees to buy Hess for $53 billion
Oct 23, 2023
Chevron announced Monday that it has agreed to buy rival Hess in yet another oil industry consolidation deal.
Jon Stewart’s show on Apple is over because of disagreements about China
Oct 20, 2023
“The Problem with Jon Stewart” will not come back to Apple TV+ for a third season, bringing a surprise and sudden end to the increasingly popular show led by the former “Daily Show” host.
Rite Aid files for bankruptcy
Oct 16, 2023
Rite Aid filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Sunday, a casualty of a miserable environment for drug stores, exacerbated by its runner-up status to bigger chains and expensive legal battles for allegedly filling unlawful opioid prescriptions.
Dow climbs nearly 200 points as investors brush off worries about rising oil prices
Oct 09, 2023
Oil prices surged and the Israeli currency fell at the start of the week as investors reacted to war between Hamas and Israel.
Here’s why the shockingly good jobs report is going to cost you
Oct 06, 2023
The US economy feels lousy for so many people. So you’d think some really, really, shockingly good news about the job market would give Americans’ spirits a boost.
UAW president has some harsh words for Trump
Sep 19, 2023
The head of the United Auto Workers union is publicly denouncing former President Donald Trump ahead of his visit next week to Detroit as part of a plea to current and former union members.
Dollar Tree said theft is such a problem it will start locking up items or stop selling them altogether
Aug 24, 2023
Dollar Tree had a miserable quarter, and company management is chalking it up to a mix of factors: changing consumer demands on top of higher prices for fuel and electricity … and theft.
About
David Goldman is the executive editor of CNN Business overseeing coverage of markets, companies, strategy and business. Previously he served as managing editor of CNN Business overseeing coverage of breaking news, the economy and consumer brands.
Goldman began his journalism career in 2007 at CNN, starting as a reporter covering the financial crisis and bailouts. In 2009, Goldman started covering technology, and was named CNN’s technology editor in 2013. He oversaw the creation of MoneyStream, CNN’s personalized financial news app.
Goldman has won three Best in Business awards from the Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing for reporting about technology and the telecommunications industries.
Originally from Boston, Goldman now lives outside New York. He holds bachelor’s degrees from Columbia University and the Jewish Theological Seminary.