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1. It's the most wonderful time of the year... for a select few at Goldman Sachs
It's one of the most exclusive clubs on Wall Street, and it's ready to open its doors to an esteemed few.
Goldman Sachs is preparing to announce its newest crop of partners in what is the closest thing Wall Street has to a coronation.
At most banks, managing director is the highest title one can achieve (aside from the C-suite). But at Goldman, there is an even higher echelon for the true overachievers: partner.
Acceptance into Goldman's partnership, which is around 1%, comes with plenty of perks (we mapped them all out here). But, as crazy as this might sound about a bunch of people on Wall Street, it's more than just another zero at the end of your paycheck.
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Nabbing the distinction of partner is a mark of exclusivity within a firm that already prides itself on being exclusive. And that type of cachet goes a long way if a person decides to venture beyond the walls of Goldman.
The esteem of the Goldman partnership is only growing under David Solomon, as the bank's CEO has been much more selective about who gets past the velvet rope. Under Solomon, the partnership class has been 69 (in 2018) and 60 (in 2020), down a reasonable amount from the class prior to when Solomon took over (84 in 2016).
But Dakin Campbell, Insider's chief finance correspondent and resident Goldman expert, told me he wouldn't be surprised if this class ends up being larger than Solomon's previous classes. The CEO's goal was always to reduce the size of the overall partnership after it swelled to over 500, Insider previously reported.
It's also worth noting how the new partners will be divided among the three new divisions, Dakin added. With investment banking and trading still providing the bulk of Goldman's revenue — it seems almost assured that a bulk of the class come from a unit that will now be housed under one roof.
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Which also begs the question how that'll sit with those in the bank's other two groups: asset and wealth management; platform solutions.
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