As the final weekend of the 2026 Winter Olympic Games comes to a close, many athletes are returning to their nine-to-five jobs, with some even retiring from their sport for good. But hanging up their skis doesn’t mean they have to leave their competitive past behind. Olympic champions are getting a second start at the $280 billion bank Goldman Sachs—and no financial expertise is required.
“I didn’t necessarily have the financial background history that other candidates would have, so [Goldman Sachs’] patience with me was incredible,” Ryan Held, a two-time gold medal Olympic swimmer who started as a risk analyst one year ago, tells Fortune. “They just wanted to see me succeed.”
