Goldman Sachs Group Inc.

Public Company, Headquarters Location
85 Broad St., New York, NY 10004-2434, United States
(212)902-1000, (212)902-3000 fax, http://www.goldmansachs.com

Primary SIC: Security Brokers And Dealers, Primary NAICS: Securities Brokerage
Description: The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., is the successor to a commercial paper business founded in 1869, by Marcus Goldman. On May 7, 1999, the company converted from a partnership to a corporation and completed an initial public offering of common stock. It trades on the NYSE and is headquartered in New York City. On September 21, 2008, Goldman Sachs became a bank holding company. In addition to this, Goldman Sachs is a leading global investment banking, securities and investment management firm that provides a wide range of services worldwide to a substantial and diversified client base that includes corporations, financial institutions, governments and high-net-worth individuals. The company's activities are divided into three segments- investment banking, trading and principal investments and asset management and securities services. Goldman Sachs operates offices in over 30 countries and has recently opened offices in Mumbai, Moscow, Sao Paulo, Dubai, Qatar, Riyadh, and Tel Aviv, has become licensed as a broker-dealer in Russia, India, and China, opened banks in Brazil, Ireland and Russia and entered into the asset management business in South Korea, and India. More

Finance: Full service securities brokerage and investment banking firm.