ClaimsJim Cramer

“Dina's pretty amazing and has helped Goldman's small business effort.”

Jim Cramer, posting on X 25 March 2026 Post by @jimcramer on X, 2026-03-25 (X)

Factual Economics and markets

Dina Powell McCormick has helped Goldman Sachs's small business effort.

Resolved true The record shows it happened or was so.

Factual: Statements about the present or the past, checked against the record: did they hold up?

What would count as true or false

The claim is judged as of 2026-03-25. 'Pretty amazing' is opinion and is not tested. True: documented records (Goldman Sachs announcements, program materials, or reliable press) show Dina Powell McCormick played a leading or significant role in Goldman Sachs's small-business work, such as overseeing or championing the 10,000 Small Businesses program or related small-business lending and support efforts. Mostly true: she was involved in a Goldman initiative that included small businesses, but in a more limited or indirect role. Mostly false: her Goldman roles were connected to social-impact work but not substantively to small-business programs. False: records show she had no involvement in Goldman's small-business efforts, or she never worked at Goldman.

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Evidence (4)

  1. E1 Dina Powell - Wikipedia Wikipedia

    “Powell helped build and was responsible for all the Foundation's initiatives supporting and developing entrepreneurs around the world, including 10,000 Women and 10,000 Small Businesses.”
  2. E2 Dina Powell - Wikipedia Wikipedia

    “In the following years she was made Goldman's global head of sustainability and inclusive growth.”
  3. E3 Dina Powell - Wikipedia Wikipedia

    “Powell departed Goldman Sachs in May 2023 to join BDT & MSD Partners, a merchant bank.”
  4. E4 Dina Powell McCormick Booking Agent & Speaking Fee - Speaker Booking Agency Speaker Booking Agency · 1 February 2026

    “Dina is head of Goldman Sachs’ Impact Investing business and president of the Goldman Sachs Foundation.”

Reasoning

E1 says Powell helped build the Goldman Sachs Foundation's initiatives for entrepreneurs and was responsible for all of them, and it names 10,000 Small Businesses as one. That is a leading role in Goldman's small-business work, which meets the "true" test in the criteria. E4 separately describes her as president of the Goldman Sachs Foundation, which supports E1. E2 and E3 confirm she held senior Goldman roles before leaving in May 2023, so "has helped" in the past tense fits.

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Jim Cramer, “Dina Powell McCormick has helped Goldman Sachs's small business effort.” (said 25 March 2026). Verdict: resolved true. Reliability API, claim c_dff8e1b4e392, method 0.1.0+c876030c, dataset release v1.1.2. https://epistacklabs.com/claims/c_dff8e1b4e392

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