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| − | '''[http://www.gs.com Goldman Sachs]''', founded in 1869, describes itself as a "leading global investment banking, securities and investment management firm that provides a wide range of services worldwide to a substantial and diversified client base that includes corporations, financial institutions, governments and high net-worth individuals ... It is one of the oldest and largest investment banking firms ... headquartered in New York [with] offices in London, Frankfurt, Tokyo, Hong Kong and other major financial centers around the world."[http://www.gs.com]
| + | Goldman Sachs International is an operating subsidiary or [[Goldman Sachs Group]]. |
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| − | ==Political contributions== | + | ==People== |
| − | [[Henry M. Paulson, Jr.]], then Chair & CEO of Goldman Sachs, was a [[Bush Pioneer]] having raised at least $100,000 for [[George Walker Bush|Bush]] in the [[U.S. presidential election, 2004|2004 presidential election]]. In 2006, Paulson was appointed by Bush to be Secretary of the [[U.S. Department of Treasury|Department of the Treasury]].
| + | *[[Peter Sutherland]] |
| − | <ref>[http://www.tpj.org/docs/pioneers/pioneers_view.jsp?id=970 Bush Pioneer Henry M. Paulson Jr.], ''Texans for Public Justice'', accessed August 2007.</ref>
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| − | Goldman Sachs gave $478,250 to federal candidates in the 05/06 election period through its [[political action committee]] - 35% to [[Democrats]] and 65% to [[Republican Party (USA)|Republicans]].
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| − | <ref>[http://www.opensecrets.org/pacs/lookup2.asp?strID=C00350744&cycle=2006 2006 PAC Summary Data], ''Open Secrets'', accessed July 2007.</ref>
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| − | ==Lobbying==
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| − | The company spent $2,380,000 for [[lobbying]] in 2006. $1,031,250 went to nine outside [[lobbying firms]] with the remainder being spent using in-house lobbyists. The lobbying firms included [[DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary]], [[The Duberstein Group]], and [[Vinson & Elkins]].
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| − | <ref>[http://www.opensecrets.org/lobbyists/clientsum.asp?txtname=Goldman+Sachs&year=2006 Goldman Sachs lobbying expenses], ''Open Secrets.''</ref>
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| − | ==Personnel==
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| − | Key executives and 2006 pay:
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| − | <ref>[http://finance.yahoo.com/q/pr?s=GS Goldman Sachs Key Executives], ''Yahoo Finance'', accessed August 2007.</ref>
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| − | *[[Lloyd C. Blankfein]], Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, $27,800,000
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| − | *[[David A. Viniar]], Chief Financial Officer, $20,840,000
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| − | *[[Brooks Entwistle]], Chief Executive Officer of Goldman Sachs ([[India]]) LLC
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| − | Members of the board:
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| − | <ref>[http://www2.goldmansachs.com/our_firm/corporate_information/the_leaders/board_of_directors/index.html Board of Directors], accessed July 2007.</ref>
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| − | *[[Lloyd C. Blankfein]] - Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
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| − | *[[Gary D. Cohn]] - President and Co-Chief Operating Officer
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| − | *[[Jon Winkelried]] - President and Co-Chief Operating Officer
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| − | *[[John H. Bryan]] - retired Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of [[Sara Lee]] Corporation
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| − | *[[Claes Dahlbäck]] - Senior Advisor to Investor AB
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| − | *[[Stephen Friedman]] - Chairman of Stone Point Capital
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| − | *[[William W. George]] - former Chief Executive Officer of Medtronic, Inc.
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| − | *[[Rajat K. Gupta]] - Senior Partner of McKinsey & Company
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| − | *[[James A. Johnson]] - Vice Chairman of Perseus, L.L.C.
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| − | *[[Lois D. Juliber]] - former Vice Chairman of the [[Colgate-Palmolive]] Company
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| − | *[[Edward M. Liddy]] - Chairman of The [[Allstate]] Corporation | |
| − | *[[Ruth J. Simmons]] - President of Brown University
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| − | *[[John F. W. Rogers]] - Secretary to the Board
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| − | ==Contact details==
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| − | 85 Broad Street<br>
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| − | New York, NY 10004<br>
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| − | Phone: 212-902-1000<br>
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| − | Fax: 212-902-3000<br>
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| − | Web: http://www.goldmansachs.com
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| − | ==External Links==
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| − | [[Category:Banking industry]]
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