Goldman Sachs returns to Teterboro after a week of China diplomacy and AI strategy

Goldman Sachs flew from Teterboro to Teterboro on May 15, 2026 — a five-minute repositioning hop that closed out a week of heavy travel for the firm's Gulfstream G650ER, N650WS. The aircraft had returned from San Francisco the previous day, following a multi-city swing that included Anchorage and a May 11 departure from Teterboro to the Bay Area.

The same week, Goldman Sachs Chairman and CEO David Solomon was in Beijing as part of a U.S. presidential delegation, per Semafor and CRBC News. More than a dozen corporate chiefs — including Apple's Tim Cook and Tesla's Elon Musk — joined President Donald Trump on a trip expected to produce announcements on Boeing jet sales and U.S. soybean exports. The visit underscores how commercial incentives and personal ties shape trade diplomacy, with Goldman's Solomon among the executives invited to benefit from expanded market access in China.

Back in New York, the bank is also grappling with the future of its workforce. President John Waldron told CNBC on May 12 that Goldman Sachs is a "human assembly line" facing automation, as reported by Bloomberg. The firm's two-aircraft fleet — the G650ER and the G280 — continues to log the long-haul routes that keep Solomon and his team in the air for board meetings, M&A negotiations, and the kind of high-stakes diplomacy that defined this week's itinerary.