Goldman Sachs

Major investment bank

Goldman Sachs is a major American investment bank and financial services company, founded in 1869.

The name appears in discussions of Wall Street, high finance, and economic policy—often as shorthand for elite financial power: Half the Treasury Department seems to come from Goldman Sachs.

Commonly shortened to Goldman.

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Opposites
banking model

Goldman Sachsretail bank

Bank serving individual customers

community bank · savings and loan · credit union · consumer banking · Wells Fargo

financial elite vs. populist/community finance

Goldman Sachscredit union

Member-owned financial cooperative

cooperative bank · mutual aid society · socialist economics

Wall Street vs. Main Street symbolism

Goldman SachsMain Street

Town's central thoroughfare

Occupy Wall Street · small business · working class · family farm · local shop

Family

Goldman

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Mostly American · Timeless · Concrete · Rated G