Goldman Sachs
Also known as The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., Goldman Sachs & Co.
American multinational investment bank and financial services company.
- Goldman Sachs is an American multinational investment bank and financial services company.
- The bank is one of the largest investment banks by revenue.
- The Financial Stability Board considers it a systemically important financial institution.
- The bank's 2025 revenues came mainly from market making, net interest income, and investment and wealth management.
Why it matters. Goldman Sachs matters as one of the world's largest investment banks and a hub for financiers who later moved into technology and venture capital.
- Founded
- 18691
- Founder
- Marcus Goldman1
- Headquarters
- Battery Park City, Manhattan, New York City1
- Type
- Public company (IPO May 1999)1
- Fortune 500 rank
- 32nd1
- Forbes Global 2000 rank
- 19th1
- CEO
- David M. Solomon (since 2018)1
- Employees
- ~34,0002
Key dates
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157 years ago
Founded by Marcus Goldman in New York City1
Started in a one-room basement office.
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120 years ago
Underwrote the IPO of Sears1
Entered the IPO market.
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70 years ago
Lead advisor on Ford Motor Company IPO1
A $657 million IPO, a major victory for the firm.
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27 years ago
Became a public company via IPO1
Shares priced at $53 each.
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18 years ago
Converted to a bank holding company1
Amid the financial crisis, to access the Federal Reserve's discount window.
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16 years ago
Moved to new headquarters at 200 West Street1
Opened its current headquarters.
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8 years ago
David M. Solomon named chairman and CEO1
Succeeded Lloyd Blankfein.
Notable people
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157 years ago
Marcus Goldman1
Founder; senior partner 1869–1893.
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96 years ago
Sidney Weinberg1
Senior partner 1930–1969; shifted the firm toward investment banking.
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57 years ago
Gus Levy1
Senior partner 1969–1976; coined the 'long-term greedy' philosophy.
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27 years ago
Henry Paulson1
Chairman and CEO after the IPO; later U.S. Secretary of the Treasury.
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20 years ago
Lloyd Blankfein1
Chairman and CEO 2006–2018.
Recent acquisitions
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7 years ago
United Capital1
Wealth manager with $25 billion in AUM, for $750 million.
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5 years ago
GreenSky1
Buy now, pay later service for home improvement loans, for $2.24 billion.
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9 months ago
Industry Ventures1
Venture capital platform, for $665 million upfront.
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6 months ago
Innovator Capital1
Manager of 171 ETFs with about $31 billion in assets, for $2 billion.
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2 months ago
NEOS1
Options-strategy ETF provider, for as much as $2.25 billion.
Links
Sources
- Goldman Sachs (Wikipedia) (opens en.wikipedia.org) read 30 Sep 2026
- Goldman Sachs (Wikidata Q193326) (opens wikidata.org) read 30 Sep 2026
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