How Robin Hood CEO Rich Buery is addressing NYC’s rising poverty rates

Richard Buery is the CEO of Robin Hood, New York City’s largest poverty-fighting philanthropy. Since its founding in 1988, Robin Hood has invested more than $3 billion dollars in the fight against poverty. In this Talks at GS with Tony Pasquariello, global head of hedge fund coverage for Global Banking & Markets, co-head of One Goldman Sachs, and Robin Hood board member, Buery discusses the critical role of early childhood education, mental health, and public-private partnerships in creating lasting change, and how innovative approaches, including AI, are reshaping anti-poverty efforts.

This session was recorded on February 26, 2025.

Chapters
0:00 Introduction
1:17 Robin Hood's mission
4:09 Most effective mechanism
5:38 Investing in organizations
9:57 AI Opportunity Challenge
13:54 Impacting public policy
17:55 Supporting students in poverty
22:31 Maintaining optimism
25:50 Conclusion