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Goldman Sachs - The Culture of Success (Paperback, New Ed): Lisa Endlich

Goldman Sachs - The Culture of Success (Paperback, New Ed)

Lisa Endlich

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A chronicle of one of the world's most mysterious firms from a former Goldman foreign exchange vice-president. This tracks the rise of the proprietary trading and investment banking powerhouse from modest beginnings in the 1880s to being ostensibly the most powerful player in today's world financial markets. Goldman Sachs is the firm that institutionalized using P/E ratios for stock valuation and developing commercial paper and risk arbitrage. There are insights into the key figures behind the company's success from the years of leadership under Sidney Weinberg to the joint modern-day control of John Whitehead and Robert Rubin, as well as vivid descriptions of the Goldman culture, career paths, and the firms backbreaking workaholic environment. Every successful job candidate endures interviews with at least 20 vice-presidents and partners, and the bank demands that each is not an employee, but a contributor who is expected to give the performance of his/her life. Although the information she here been meticulously researched this book could be more focused. That aside, it still provides wonderful historical analysis. (Kirkus UK)
Goldman Sachs, the premier investment bank in the world, was until recently Wall Street’s last major private partnership, and significantly more profitable than any of its publicly owned competitors. How it sustained this success for most of its 129 years has for decades mystified financial players and pundits. Now, in this fascinating and authoritative study, the Goldman Sachs history and mystique are examined in unprecedented depth. Endlich, a former Goldman Sachs vice president with access to all levels of management, traces the rise and development of the firm in the context of its prevailing concept, ‘People and Culture.’ She documents how close client-contact, teamwork, and focus on long-term profitability over short-term goals brought the firm to a pinnacle of $3 billion pretax profits in 1997. In June 1998 the partners of Goldman Sachs voted to go public, and it made international front-page news. The story of the transformation will continue to attract extensive coverage.

General

Imprint: Sphere
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Release date: April 2000
Authors: Lisa Endlich
Dimensions: 196 x 128 x 34mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback - B-format
Pages: 512
Edition: New Ed
ISBN-13: 978-0-7515-2750-6
Categories: Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history
Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Economic history
Books > Business & Economics > Finance & accounting > Finance > Banking
Books > Business & Economics > Finance & accounting > Finance > Investment & securities > General
Books > History > History of specific subjects > Economic history
Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history
Books > Money & Finance > Banking
Books > Money & Finance > Investment & securities > General
LSN: 0-7515-2750-5
Barcode: 9780751527506

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