The 60-year-old, who also works as an electronic dance DJ when he’s not running one of the world’s largest investment banks, has raked in record-breaking profits at Goldman while breaking records. A spokesman for Goldman Sachs (GS) confirmed that Solomon, who regularly DJs under the alias “D-sol” at clubs in Miami and New York, will take the stage at Lollapalooza, which hosted around 400,000 visitors in 2019.
“[I] I sort of stumbled upon this as a hobby, and now I’m just doing it for fun,” Solomon said on a 2017 Goldman Sachs podcast.
Solomon typically hosts four to six events a year, and all profits go to charity, the Goldman spokesman said. Some executives play golf for fun, spokesman Solomon DJs added.
Solomon’s hobby has led him to officiate at a number of high-profile events, including an Amazon event in 2019 and a Sports Illustrated Super Bowl party earlier this year.
It has also sparked controversy. He opened for The Chainsmokers at a crowded charity event in Hamptons amid the Covid-19 pandemic in July 2020. The show sparked an investigation by the New York State Department of Health into what then-Governor Andrew Cuomo described as “egregious violations of the social distancing.”
“The vast majority of the audience seemed to be playing by the rules, but [Solomon is] concerned that some are violating them, putting themselves and others at risk,” a Goldman Sachs spokesman said in a statement at the time.
Last June, Solomon switched from DJ alias D-sol to his CEO name David Solomon and released a single titled “Learn to Love Me,” which he promoted on his Instagram account.
Lollapalooza takes place July 28-31 at Chicago’s Grant Park with more than 170 performances across eight stages. Four-day tickets to the event range from $350 to $4,200.