53/100BGoldman Sachs Group company profile
- CEO
- David Michael Solomon
- Employees
- 47,400
- Headquarters
- 200 West Street, New York City, NY 10282, US
- Sector
- Financial Services
- Industry
- Financial - Capital Markets
- IPO date
- 4 May 1999
- Stock exchange
- NYSE
- ISIN
- US38141G1040
Website:goldmansachs.com
About the company
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (GS) operates as a prominent global financial services firm, offering an extensive array of services to corporations, financial institutions, governmental bodies, and individuals worldwide. The company's operations are organized into four primary divisions: Investment Banking, Global Markets, Asset Management, and Consumer & Wealth Management. The Investment Banking segment furnishes strategic advisory services covering intricate transactions such as mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, corporate defense strategies, restructurings, and spin-offs. It also extends various lending facilities, including middle-market, relationship, and acquisition financing, in addition to transaction banking services. This division further specializes in underwriting, assisting clients with equity offerings for common, preferred, and convertible securities, as well as debt offerings encompassing investment-grade, high-yield, bank/bridge loans, and emerging market debt instruments, alongside the creation of structured securities. Within its Global Markets division, Goldman Sachs engages in client execution activities for both cash and derivative instruments, provides solutions for credit and interest rate products, and offers comprehensive equity intermediation, financing, clearing, settlement, and custody services. This segment also transacts in products linked to mortgages, foreign exchange, commodities, and equities. The Asset Management segment is responsible for managing assets across a diverse spectrum of classes, including equities, fixed income, hedge funds, credit funds, private equity, real estate, currencies, and commodities. It delivers tailored investment advisory solutions and makes direct investments in corporate entities, real estate ventures, and infrastructure projects. The Consumer & Wealth Management segment provides individual clients with wealth advisory and banking services. These include financial planning, investment management, deposit-taking, and lending. It also offers private banking services, unsecured loans, and accepts savings and time deposits. Founded in 1869, the company's corporate headquarters are located in New York, New York.
Employees
Goldman Sachs Group had about 47,400 employees at the end of fiscal year 2025 (31 December 2025), by its annual report. That is 1.9% more than a year before.
Employees at each fiscal year end, as the company reports them in its annual report (10-K); revenue and net income per employee are the fiscal year's over that count.
Who owns Goldman Sachs Group
Institutions such as funds, banks and insurers held 72.5% of Goldman Sachs Group's shares on 30 June 2026, 3,310 of them reporting holdings to the SEC; the rest is held by individual investors and other shareholders.
Common questions about Goldman Sachs Group
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