Description: Drawing from her vast insider knowledge as a former vice president, Lisa Endlich reveals the remarkable history behind the success of Goldman Sachs, the premier investment bank that has long fascinated the financial world. Endlich eloquently traces the roots of the firm's spectacular ascent: from the personalities that have defined public perceptions to the firm's commitment to core values. It is the close client contact, teamwork, focus on long-term profitability rather than short term opportunism, and ability to consistently recruit some of the most talented people on Wall Street that helped Goldman Sachs generate phenomenal profits in the last half of the twentieth century. A crucial piece of finance history played out in 1999 -- the landmark movement to take Goldman Sachs public -- is explored in the new Afterword.

Tracing the firm's beginnings in 1869 to its current status as world leader, Goldman Sachs is a rare and captivating look inside a great business institution and inside the financial world at its highest levels.

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