Goldman Sachs Group
Goldman Sachs Group, 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."[1]
Contents
Record and Controversies
Political contributions
Henry M. Paulson, Jr., then Chair & CEO of Goldman Sachs, was a Bush Pioneer having raised at least $100,000 for Bush in the 2004 presidential election. In 2006, Paulson was appointed by Bush to be Secretary of the Department of the Treasury.[2]
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 Republicans.[3]
Lobbying
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.[4]
Goldman Sach's lobbying firm in the UK is Lexington Communications.[5]
Revolving Door
- John Browne, Lord Browne of Madingley, was a Non-executive Director of Goldman Sachs Group from 1999 to 2007.[6]
- Mark Carney, the Governor of the Bank of Canada and Senior Associate Deputy Minister of Finance from November 2004, was the managing director of Goldman Sachs' Canadian operation until 2003.[7][8]
- Stephen Friedman, a director of Goldman Sachs since April 2005 was appointed Chairman of the U.S. President’s Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board and Chairman of the Intelligence Oversight Board in January 2006. He was Assistant to the President for Economic Policy and Director of the National Economic Council from December 2002 until December 2004.
Company Profile
Personnel
Executives
Key executives and 2006 pay:[9]
- Lloyd C. Blankfein, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, $27,800,000
- David A. Viniar, Chief Financial Officer, $20,840,000
- Brooks Entwistle, Chief Executive Officer of Goldman Sachs (India) LLC
Members of the board
Members of the board:[10]
- Lloyd C. Blankfein - Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
- Gary D. Cohn - President and Co-Chief Operating Officer
- Jon Winkelried - President and Co-Chief Operating Officer
- John H. Bryan - retired Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Sara Lee Corporation
- Claes Dahlbäck - Senior Advisor to Investor AB
- Stephen Friedman - Chairman of Stone Point Capital
- William W. George - former Chief Executive Officer of Medtronic, Inc.
- Rajat K. Gupta - Senior Partner of McKinsey & Company
- James A. Johnson - Vice Chairman of Perseus, L.L.C.
- Lois D. Juliber - former Vice Chairman of the Colgate-Palmolive Company
- Edward M. Liddy - Chairman of The Allstate Corporation
- Ruth J. Simmons - President of Brown University
- John F. W. Rogers - Secretary to the Board
Subsidiaries
- Goldman Sachs International
- Pret A Manger sandwich outlets are reportedly owned by Goldman Sachs.[11]
Affiliations
In 2008, the Goldman Sachs Group is reported to provide sponsorship to the Center for Global Development.[12]
Contact details
- Address:
- 85 Broad Street
- New York, NY 10004
- Phone:
- 212-902-1000
- Fax:
- 212-902-3000
- Website:
- http://www.goldmansachs.com
External Links
- Matt Taibi, The Great American Bubble Machine, Rolling Stone, 5 April 2010.
Resources
- APPC, APPC Register Entry for 1 December 2008 to 28 February 2009, accessed 04 January 2011.
- Bank of Canada, Biographical note, accessed 04 January 2011.
- Centre for Global Development, Funders, accessed 22 January 2008.
- Channel 4 'Dispatches: Sandwiches Unwrapped,' 28 July 2008.
- CLS, CLS Members, accessed 04 January 2011.
- Goldman Sachs, Board of Directors, accessed July 2007.
- OpenSecrets, "Goldman Sachs lobbying expenses," Open Secrets, accessed July 2007.
- OpenSecrets, 2006 PAC Summary Data, Open Secrets, accessed July 2007.
- Ottawa, Vieira, "Mark Carney and the Goldman Sachs economic club," National Post, 04 October 2007.
- TPJ, "Bush Pioneer Henry M. Paulson Jr.," Texans for Public Justice, accessed August 2007.
- Who's Who 2009, BROWNE OF MADINGLEY, online edition, Oxford University Press, accessed 24 March 2009.
- Yahoo Finance, Goldman Sachs Key Executives, Yahoo Finance, accessed August 2007.
Notes
- ↑ CLS, CLS Members, accessed 04 January 2011.
- ↑ TPJ, "Bush Pioneer Henry M. Paulson Jr.," Texans for Public Justice, accessed August 2007.
- ↑ OpenSecrets, 2006 PAC Summary Data, Open Secrets, accessed July 2007.
- ↑ OpenSecrets, "Goldman Sachs lobbying expenses," Open Secrets, accessed July 2007.
- ↑ APPC, APPC Register Entry for 1 December 2008 to 28 February 2009, accessed 04 January 2011.
- ↑ Who's Who 2009, BROWNE OF MADINGLEY, online edition, Oxford University Press, accessed 24 March 2009.
- ↑ Bank of Canada, Biographical note, accessed 04 January 2011.
- ↑ Ottawa, Vieira, "Mark Carney and the Goldman Sachs economic club," National Post, 04 October 2007.
- ↑ Yahoo Finance, Goldman Sachs Key Executives, Yahoo Finance, accessed August 2007.
- ↑ Goldman Sachs, Board of Directors, accessed July 2007.
- ↑ Channel 4 'Dispatches: Sandwiches Unwrapped,' 28 July 2008.
- ↑ Centre for Global Development, Funders, accessed 22 January 2008.
