Here are the 'Ten Commandments' a former Goldman Sachs co-chair wrote in the 1950s
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When former Goldman Sachs co-chair John Whitehead passed away earlier this month, he left a huge legacy at the company.
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But one of his lesser-known contributions was the set of rules he wrote for his fledgling "new business," or sales, department, back in the 1950s, shortly after he'd made partner.
Whitehead, who is also known for writing the 12 (now 14) business principles that you can find on the company's website, spearheaded Goldman Sachs sales department, known now as planting sales teams around the country and the world, he ultimately helped take Goldman from a little-known regional bank to the global leader it is today.
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