Darren Cohen is the Co-Head and CIO of the Goldman Sachs Growth Equity team, a position he has held since 2018.  In this capacity, he manages a $5.2bn global growth fund and oversees one of the largest dedicated growth equity platforms in the world focused on the Enterprise Software, Financial Technology, and Healthcare Technology sectors.  Cohen manages a talented, diverse team of over 80 investors and collaborates with world-class operating advisors to accelerate value creation across the portfolio.  This platform, backed by unrivaled resources of the Goldman Sachs network, gives portfolio company CEOs the power to reach further at every stage of their growth journey.

Cohen is an accomplished technology investor with a 25+ year career spanning public and private global markets.  His investment journey began with a strong foundation in fundamental research, honed during his tenure as a technology research analyst in Goldman Investment Research (2000-2004) and as a buy-side analyst at a global hedge fund (2004-2007).  Cohen then rejoined Goldman Sachs as a member of the Principal Strategic Investments (PSI) business.  In that role, he led the firm’s strategic investments in the Financial Technology sector and partnered with visionary founders to develop infrastructure platforms that transformed capital markets.

Cohen earned a BA, summa cum laude, from Emory University.