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- The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. is a leading global investment banking, securities and investment management firm that provides a broad range of financial services to corporations, financial institutions, governments and high-net-worth individuals. Founded in 1869 and headquartered at 200 West Street in New York, the firm operates through four primary segments including Global Banking & Markets, which offers investment banking services such as advisory for mergers, acquisitions and restructurings; securities underwriting; financing; liability management; trading in fixed income, currencies, commodities and equities; prime brokerage; clearing and custody services; and transaction banking solutions like payments, foreign exchange and liquidity management; Asset & Wealth Management, which provides active investment management across public and private markets with over $2 trillion in assets under supervision, encompassing alternatives such as private equity, growth equity, private credit, real estate, infrastructure, life sciences, sustainability and hedge funds, alongside wealth management for ultra-high-net-worth clients including personalized advisory, lending and planning services; and Platform Solutions, which delivers consumer banking products like credit cards and deposit-taking. The firm maintains offices in all major financial centers worldwide, serving institutional investors, financial advisors and individuals across diverse industries and regions. In recent developments, The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. created the Capital Solutions Group in January 2025 to enhance financing, origination, structuring and risk management in private credit and private equity by integrating capabilities from its financing group, investment banking and markets coverage; expanded its private credit business, which manages approximately $145 billion in alternative assets, with leadership changes including Vivek Bantwal co-heading Global Private Credit alongside James Reynolds; and in October 2025 announced the acquisition of Industry Ventures, a venture capital platform with $7 billion in assets under supervision specializing in secondary liquidity, early-stage hybrid funds and co-investments across over 800 venture funds, expected to close in the first quarter of 2026 and integrate into its $540 billion alternatives platform to bolster technology investment capabilities for clients.