In 1989, Schwartz joined Citigroup, where he worked in the firm's credit training program and developed a specialty in structuring commodity derivatives.

[6][7] Schwartz joined Goldman Sachs in 1997 as a vice president in its commodities trading business, J. Aron & Co., which the investment bank had previously acquired in 1981.

[8] At Goldman Sachs, he held several senior executive leadership roles overseeing sales and trading, finance, technology and operations.

Schwartz retired from Goldman Sachs in 2018, and shortly afterward Solomon was designated as the successor to outgoing CEO Lloyd Blankfein.

[14] Schwartz sits on the board of One Mind, a research and mental health advocacy nonprofit organization.