{"id":15932,"date":"2026-03-06T10:44:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T10:44:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/cz\/15932\/"},"modified":"2026-03-06T10:44:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T10:44:08","slug":"z-olympiady-na-wall-street-banka-goldman-sachs-nabira-vrcholove-sportovce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/cz\/15932\/","title":{"rendered":"Z olympi\u00e1dy na Wall Street: Banka Goldman Sachs nab\u00edr\u00e1 vrcholov\u00e9 sportovce"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u010cl\u00e1nek si tak\u00e9 m\u016f\u017eete poslechnout v\u00a0audioverzi.<\/p>\n

Okam\u017eik, kdy sportovec ukon\u010d\u00ed vrcholovou kari\u00e9ru, \u010dasto p\u0159in\u00e1\u0161\u00ed ot\u00e1zku, kter\u00e1 m\u016f\u017ee b\u00fdt t\u00e9m\u011b\u0159 stejn\u011b n\u00e1ro\u010dn\u00e1 jako roky tr\u00e9ninku – jakou cestou se vydat d\u00e1l. Pro \u010d\u00e1st z\u00a0nich se dnes nab\u00edz\u00ed pom\u011brn\u011b p\u0159ekvapiv\u00e1 odpov\u011b\u010f. N\u011bkte\u0159\u00ed b\u00fdval\u00ed olympionici toti\u017e nach\u00e1zej\u00ed nov\u00e9 uplatn\u011bn\u00ed v\u00a0investi\u010dn\u00ed bance Goldman Sachs, jednom z\u00a0nejmocn\u011bj\u0161\u00edch finan\u010dn\u00edch dom\u016f na sv\u011bt\u011b.<\/p>\n

Jak upozornil americk\u00fd magaz\u00edn Fortune, banka v\u00a0posledn\u00edch letech c\u00edlen\u011b naj\u00edm\u00e1 b\u00fdval\u00e9 elitn\u00ed sportovce, a\u00a0to i\u00a0tehdy, kdy\u017e nemaj\u00ed \u017e\u00e1dn\u00e9 form\u00e1ln\u00ed vzd\u011bl\u00e1n\u00ed ve financ\u00edch ani zku\u0161enosti z\u00a0kancel\u00e1\u0159sk\u00e9ho prost\u0159ed\u00ed.<\/p>\n

Na prvn\u00ed pohled to m\u016f\u017ee p\u016fsobit paradoxn\u011b. Goldman Sachs je toti\u017e symbolem extr\u00e9mn\u011b konkuren\u010dn\u00edho prost\u0159ed\u00ed Wall Street, kde se tradi\u010dn\u011b o\u010dek\u00e1v\u00e1 vzd\u011bl\u00e1n\u00ed z\u00a0presti\u017en\u00edch univerzit a\u00a0siln\u00e9 ekonomick\u00e9 z\u00e1zem\u00ed.<\/p>\n

\u201eOlympionici a\u00a0vrcholov\u00ed sportovci pro n\u00e1s p\u0159edstavuj\u00ed velmi zaj\u00edmav\u00fd zdroj talent\u016f,\u201c uvedla pro magaz\u00edn Fortune \u0161\u00e9fka person\u00e1ln\u00edho odd\u011blen\u00ed banky Jacqueline Arthurov\u00e1. Podle n\u00ed p\u0159in\u00e1\u0161ej\u00ed do firmy cenn\u00e9 vlastnosti, kter\u00e9 se pro byznys velmi hod\u00ed. Zmi\u0148uje odolnost, um\u011bn\u00ed v\u00e9st t\u00fdm, discipl\u00ednu a\u00a0p\u0159edev\u0161\u00edm schopnost pod\u00e1vat \u0161pi\u010dkov\u00e9 v\u00fdkony pod extr\u00e9mn\u00edm tlakem.<\/p>\n

<\/a>Z baz\u00e9nu do banky<\/p>\n

Jedn\u00edm z\u00a0nejzn\u00e1m\u011bj\u0161\u00edch p\u0159\u00edklad\u016f je americk\u00fd plavec Ryan Held. Ten z\u00edskal zlatou olympijskou medaili ve \u0161tafet\u011b na 4\u00d7100\u00a0metr\u016f voln\u00fdm zp\u016fsobem na hr\u00e1ch v\u00a0Riu de Janeiru v\u00a0roce 2016\u00a0a\u00a0dal\u0161\u00ed o\u00a0osm let pozd\u011bji v\u00a0Pa\u0159\u00ed\u017ei. Kr\u00e1tce pot\u00e9 ukon\u010dil vrcholovou kari\u00e9ru a\u00a0nastoupil do Goldman Sachs.<\/p>\n

Jeho form\u00e1ln\u00ed vzd\u011bl\u00e1n\u00ed se p\u0159itom v\u016fbec net\u00fdk\u00e1 financ\u00ed. Vystudoval biologii zam\u011b\u0159enou na ochranu p\u0159\u00edrody a\u00a0geografick\u00e9 informa\u010dn\u00ed syst\u00e9my. P\u0159esto dnes pracuje v\u00a0New Yorku jako analytik v\u00a0t\u00fdmu, kter\u00fd se zab\u00fdv\u00e1 kybernetick\u00fdmi riziky a\u00a0intern\u00ed bezpe\u010dnost\u00ed banky.<\/p>\n

Held s\u00e1m p\u0159izn\u00e1v\u00e1, \u017ee vstup do sv\u011bta financ\u00ed pro n\u011bj nebyl jednoduch\u00fd. Do banky nastoupil ve t\u0159iceti letech, zat\u00edmco v\u011bt\u0161ina analytik\u016f na Wall Street za\u010d\u00edn\u00e1 o\u00a0n\u011bkolik let d\u0159\u00edve. Podle jeho slov v\u0161ak firma projevila velkou trp\u011blivost a\u00a0poskytla mu dostatek podpory, aby se v\u00a0nov\u00e9 profesi zorientoval.<\/p>\n

\u201eNem\u011bl jsem takov\u00e9 finan\u010dn\u00ed z\u00e1zem\u00ed jako mnoz\u00ed jin\u00ed kandid\u00e1ti, tak\u017ee jejich trp\u011blivost se mnou byla neuv\u011b\u0159iteln\u00e1,\u201c \u0159ekl Held magaz\u00ednu Fortune. \u201eProst\u011b cht\u011bli, abych usp\u011bl.\u201c<\/p>\n

Atmosf\u00e9ra z\u00e1vod\u016f<\/p>\n

P\u0159\u00edb\u011bh Ryana Helda nen\u00ed ojedin\u011bl\u00fd. Fortune p\u0159ipom\u00edn\u00e1 p\u0159\u00edklad britsk\u00e9ho vesla\u0159e Roba Williamse, st\u0159\u00edbrn\u00e9ho medailisty z\u00a0olympijsk\u00fdch her v\u00a0Lond\u00fdn\u011b 2012.\u00a0Ten po skon\u010den\u00ed sportovn\u00ed kari\u00e9ry nastoupil do Goldman Sachs jako obchodn\u00edk na devizov\u00e9m trhu a\u00a0postupn\u011b se vypracoval a\u017e na pozici jednoho z\u00a0nejvy\u0161\u0161\u00edch mana\u017eer\u016f v\u00a0divizi glob\u00e1ln\u00edho bankovnictv\u00ed a\u00a0trh\u016f.<\/p>\n

Foto: Getty Images<\/p>\n

Brit\u0161t\u00ed vesla\u0159i v\u010detn\u011b Roba Williamse (druh\u00fd zprava) slav\u00ed se st\u0159\u00edbrn\u00fdmi medailemi p\u0159i ceremoni\u00e1lu po fin\u00e1le lehk\u00e9 \u010dty\u0159ky na olympijsk\u00fdch hr\u00e1ch v\u00a0Lond\u00fdn\u011b 2012.<\/p>\n

Williams vysv\u011btluje, \u017ee ho na finan\u010dn\u00ed kari\u00e9\u0159e l\u00e1kalo prost\u0159ed\u00ed s\u00a0jasn\u011b m\u011b\u0159iteln\u00fdmi v\u00fdsledky a\u00a0vysokou dynamikou, tedy n\u011bco, co p\u0159ipom\u00edn\u00e1 atmosf\u00e9ru z\u00e1vod\u016f. \u201eCht\u011bl jsem d\u011blat pr\u00e1ci, kde je jasn\u011b dan\u00e9, co znamen\u00e1 \u00fasp\u011bch,\u201c \u0159\u00edk\u00e1 Williams. \u201eKdy\u017e z\u00e1vod\u00edte, n\u011bkdy stoj\u00edte na startu hrozn\u011b nerv\u00f3zn\u00ed a\u00a0po dojezdu jste naopak nesm\u00edrn\u011b \u0161\u0165astn\u00ed. Pro\u017e\u00edv\u00e1te celou \u0161k\u00e1lu emoc\u00ed. Pot\u0159ebuju pr\u00e1v\u011b takovou m\u00edru stimulace.\u201c<\/p>\n

Motivace sportovc\u016f ke zm\u011bn\u011b kari\u00e9ry je p\u0159itom \u010dasto velmi pragmatick\u00e1. V\u011bt\u0161ina olympijsk\u00fdch discipl\u00edn nen\u00ed finan\u010dn\u011b p\u0159\u00edli\u0161 v\u00fdnosn\u00e1 a\u00a0mnoho atlet\u016f kon\u010d\u00ed aktivn\u00ed kari\u00e9ru u\u017e kolem t\u0159iceti let. \u201eVeslov\u00e1n\u00ed nen\u00ed dob\u0159e placen\u00fd sport,\u201c poznamenal Williams.<\/p>\n

\u201eN\u011bkolik let se t\u00edm d\u00e1 docela slu\u0161n\u011b u\u017eivit, ale rozhodn\u011b to nen\u00ed n\u011bco, z\u00a0\u010deho byste mohli odej\u00edt do d\u016fchodu,\u201c dodal. Pr\u00e1v\u011b proto mnoho sportovc\u016f hled\u00e1 po skon\u010den\u00ed kari\u00e9ry obor, kter\u00fd nab\u00edz\u00ed dlouhodobou perspektivu.<\/p>\n

Tvrd\u00fd boj o\u00a0m\u00edsto<\/p>\n

Z\u00e1rove\u0148 jde o\u00a0prost\u0159ed\u00ed, do n\u011bho\u017e nen\u00ed snadn\u00e9 proniknout. Goldman Sachs pat\u0159\u00ed mezi nejselektivn\u011bj\u0161\u00ed zam\u011bstnavatele ve finan\u010dn\u00edm sektoru. Podle \u00fadaj\u016f citovan\u00fdch magaz\u00ednem Fortune se v\u00a0roce 2025\u00a0p\u0159ihl\u00e1silo na otev\u0159en\u00e9 pozice v\u00a0bance v\u00edce ne\u017e milion zku\u0161en\u00fdch kandid\u00e1t\u016f.<\/p>\n

A je\u0161t\u011b ost\u0159ej\u0161\u00ed konkurence panuje u\u00a0studentsk\u00fdch st\u00e1\u017e\u00ed. O\u00a0zhruba 2600\u00a0m\u00edst se tehdy uch\u00e1zelo p\u0159es 360\u00a0tis\u00edc z\u00e1jemc\u016f, tak\u017ee usp\u011blo m\u00e9n\u011b ne\u017e jedno procento z\u00a0nich.<\/p>\n

Pr\u00e1v\u011b v\u00a0takto tvrd\u00e9 konkurenci m\u016f\u017ee sportovn\u00ed minulost p\u0159edstavovat v\u00fdraznou v\u00fdhodu. Veden\u00ed banky toti\u017e zd\u016fraz\u0148uje, \u017ee hled\u00e1 p\u0159edev\u0161\u00edm ur\u010dit\u00e9 osobnostn\u00ed vlastnosti\u00a0\u2013 nap\u0159\u00edklad discipl\u00ednu, d\u016fkladnou p\u0159\u00edpravu, strategick\u00e9 my\u0161len\u00ed nebo ochotu se neust\u00e1le zlep\u0161ovat. A\u00a0to jsou podle mana\u017eer\u016f schopnosti, kter\u00e9 vrcholov\u00ed sportovci z\u00edsk\u00e1vaj\u00ed b\u011bhem let tr\u00e9ninku a\u00a0sout\u011b\u017e\u00ed.<\/p>\n

Samotn\u00fd Held \u0159\u00edk\u00e1, \u017ee si ze sportu do nov\u00e9 kari\u00e9ry p\u0159inesl zejm\u00e9na t\u0159i kl\u00ed\u010dov\u00e9 dovednosti: schopnost pracovat v\u00a0t\u00fdmu, orientovat se v\u00a0r\u016fzn\u00fdch prost\u0159ed\u00edch a\u00a0kultur\u00e1ch a\u00a0velmi p\u0159\u00edsn\u00fd time management. Tyto schopnosti mu pom\u00e1haj\u00ed zvl\u00e1dat pr\u00e1ci v\u00a0prost\u0159ed\u00ed, kde se mus\u00ed rozhodovat rychle a\u00a0pod velk\u00fdm tlakem.<\/p>\n

Sport jako pr\u016fprava<\/p>\n

\u201eNajd\u011bte si pr\u00e1ci, kter\u00e1 m\u00e1 podobn\u00e9 tempo jako sport, na kter\u00fd jste byli zvykl\u00ed,\u201c rad\u00ed Williams. \u201eFiremn\u00edch pozic existuje spousta a\u00a0pokud jste sport d\u011blali na vysok\u00e9 \u00farovni, jste pravd\u011bpodobn\u011b zvykl\u00ed i\u00a0na velk\u00e9 emocion\u00e1ln\u00ed v\u00fdkyvy,\u201c dod\u00e1v\u00e1.<\/p>\n

P\u0159echody ze sportu do sv\u011bta financ\u00ed nejsou \u017e\u00e1dnou novinkou. U\u017e v\u00a0minulosti na n\u011b upozor\u0148oval nap\u0159\u00edklad server Business Insider, kter\u00fd v\u00a0n\u011bkolika p\u0159ehledech popisoval \u0159adu \u0161pi\u010dkov\u00fdch sportovc\u016f p\u016fsob\u00edc\u00edch na Wall Street.<\/p>\n

P\u0159\u00edkladem je Kana\u010fan J. Michael Evans, \u010dlen vesla\u0159sk\u00e9 pos\u00e1dky, kter\u00e1 z\u00edskala zlatou olympijskou medaili na hr\u00e1ch v\u00a0Los Angeles v\u00a0roce 1984.\u00a0Po skon\u010den\u00ed sportovn\u00ed kari\u00e9ry nastoupil do Goldman Sachs a\u00a0postupn\u011b se vypracoval a\u017e do jej\u00edho vrcholn\u00e9ho veden\u00ed, kde p\u016fsobil jako m\u00edstop\u0159edseda. V\u00a0roce 2013\u00a0banku opustil a\u00a0dnes zast\u00e1v\u00e1 pozici prezidenta \u010d\u00ednsk\u00e9 technologick\u00e9 skupiny Alibaba Group.<\/p>\n

Velk\u00e9 finan\u010dn\u00ed domy p\u0159itom nevyhled\u00e1vaj\u00ed pouze olympioniky. Do bankovn\u00edho sektoru v\u00a0posledn\u00edch letech zam\u00ed\u0159ila i\u00a0\u0159ada b\u00fdval\u00fdch profesion\u00e1ln\u00edch sportovc\u016f z\u00a0jin\u00fdch sout\u011b\u017e\u00ed. Nap\u0159\u00edklad n\u011bkdej\u0161\u00ed hv\u011bzda americk\u00e9ho fotbalu Justin Tuck po skon\u010den\u00ed hr\u00e1\u010dsk\u00e9 kari\u00e9ry nastoupil rovn\u011b\u017e do Goldman Sachs, kde p\u016fsob\u00ed v\u00a0oblasti spr\u00e1vy majetku pro priv\u00e1tn\u00ed klientelu.<\/p>\n

Jestli po leto\u0161n\u00edch olympijsk\u00fdch hr\u00e1ch zam\u00ed\u0159\u00ed do Goldman Sachs dal\u0161\u00ed medailist\u00e9, se teprve uvid\u00ed. Banka ale d\u00e1v\u00e1 najevo, \u017ee sportovn\u00ed kari\u00e9ru bere jako relevantn\u00ed vstupenku do sv\u011bta financ\u00ed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u010cl\u00e1nek si tak\u00e9 m\u016f\u017eete poslechnout v\u00a0audioverzi. Okam\u017eik, kdy sportovec ukon\u010d\u00ed vrcholovou kari\u00e9ru, \u010dasto p\u0159in\u00e1\u0161\u00ed ot\u00e1zku, kter\u00e1 m\u016f\u017ee b\u00fdt…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":15933,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[883,3459,422,94,93,6459],"class_list":{"0":"post-15932","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sport","8":"tag-finance","9":"tag-goldman-sachs","10":"tag-olympiada","11":"tag-sport","12":"tag-sports","13":"tag-wall-street"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@cz\/116181825144559601","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/cz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15932","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/cz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/cz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/cz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/cz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15932"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/cz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15932\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/cz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15933"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/cz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15932"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/cz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15932"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/cz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15932"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}