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Goldman Sachs Group Inc.

Headquarters : 85 Broad St. New York, NY 10004 United States of America United States of America
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« Ethical » rating of Goldman Sachs Group Inc. , group and subsidiaries

Human 1 Jobs -10% /1998 Fraud 9 Offshore 5 Sales 54 Bn $.€ /year Profit 43 Bn $.€ /1998 Wage 6102 *min. Influence 3 Infocom 1
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year
business
source
2006Goldman Sachs Capital is the world's seventh-largest LBO fund, by the transaction announced in 2006.Les Echos
2006Goldman Sachs is the third-biggest securities company.Bloomberg
2006Twelfth-largest private bank in the world. A private bank is reserved to fortunes larger than 1 million dollars.Les Echos
2006Goldman Sachs is the largest adviser in merger & acquisitions.Les Echos
2006Goldman Sachs Group is the world's largest securities firm by market value.Bloomberg
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country
address & contact : production type
incentive source
Hong-Kong Hong-Kong
Cheung Kong Center 2 Queens Road & 85229781000 :
Offshore finance, secret bank account, tax haven, shell companies or free zone(s)
Cayman Islands Cayman Islands
P.O. Box 896, Harbour Centre Georgetown & 3459496770 :
Offshore finance, secret bank account, tax haven, shell companies or free zone(s)
India India
Bangalore : Production, Research analysts, financial market data modelling
 Les Echos
Monaco Monaco
:
Offshore finance, secret bank account, tax haven, shell companies or free zone(s) L'Expansion
Singapore Singapore
50 Raffles Place & 652288100 :
Offshore finance, secret bank account, tax haven, shell companies or free zone(s)
Switzerland Switzerland
Claridenstrasse 25 Zurich & 4112241000 :
Offshore finance, secret bank account, tax haven, shell companies or free zone(s)

  • Environmental impact

year name
photo position; compensation
source
2007Chief Executive Officer; salary: 70,3 million US$;
Les Echos
2007Blankfein, Lloyd
See the photo of: Blankfein, Lloyd Chief Executive Officer; salary: 68,1 million US$;
AFP
2007Liddy, Edward
See the photo of: Liddy, Edward Director;
Bloomberg
2007Mittal, Lakshmi N
See the photo of: Mittal, Lakshmi N Director;
Les Echos
2006Blankfein, Lloyd
See the photo of: Blankfein, Lloyd Chief Executive Officer;
2006Blankfein, Lloyd
See the photo of: Blankfein, Lloyd Chief Executive Officer; allowances: 53,4 million US$;
Le Monde
2005Blankfein, Lloyd
See the photo of: Blankfein, Lloyd Chief Executive Officer; allowances: 38 million US$;
Le Monde
2005Paulson, Henry
See the photo of: Paulson, Henry Chief Executive Officer; salary: 38 million US$;
2004Paulson, Henry
See the photo of: Paulson, Henry Chief Executive Officer; salary: 29,8 million US$;
AFP
2003Blankfein, Lloyd
See the photo of: Blankfein, Lloyd Chairman; salary: 20,2 million US$;
2003Forst, Edward
See the photo of: Forst, Edward Vice-president;
2003Kaplan, Robert
See the photo of: Kaplan, Robert Vice-president; salary: 12,61 million US$;
2003Viniar, David
See the photo of: Viniar, David Chief Financial Officer;
2002Browne, John P
See the photo of: Browne, John P Director;
2001Hurst, Robert
See the photo of: Hurst, Robert Vice-president; salary: 8,6 million US$;
2001Paulson, Henry
See the photo of: Paulson, Henry Chairman of the Board; salary: 12,2 million US$;
2001Thain, John
See the photo of: Thain, John Chairman; salary: 10,6 million US$;
1999Whitman, Margaret C
See the photo of: Whitman, Margaret C Director;
year
employees
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social impact : country
source
2009
25000
Les Echos
2008
-3260
Internal restructuring: Goldman Sachs is cutting about 10 percent of its work force amid the ongoing downturn in the credit and lending markets.: United States of America
AP
2003
19476
2002
19739
2002
-1400
Management Alimentaire
2002
21145
-991
News and Record
2001
22627
2001
-300
Financial Times
2001
-150
Les Echos
1998
14170
year
employees
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social impact : country
source
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year
country : description
1997Switzerland : Dictateur Nigérian Sani Abacha, 200 millions de USLe Temps

  • Subsidy

yearfinancial misdemeanorsalesincomeassets source
2008   53,582,01   billion US$
2008 Wall Street banks are settling claims stemming from a nationwide investigation into allegations banks peddled 15 billion dollars worth of auction-rate securities as investments that were as liquid as cash. After the financial crisis began in 2007, investors were unable to sell the securities. Goldman Sachs will buy back $1,5 billion and pay a $22,5 million fine.     Bloomberg
2007   87,9711,41   billion US$
2006   69,359,4   billion US$
2006     Les Echos
2006 Goldman Sachs agreed to pay a $1.5 million fine to settle charges of widespread abuses in the auction rate market for municipal and corporate bonds. Between January 2003 and June 2004, the firms were involved in improper placement and manipulation of orders and also provided some customers with information giving them an advantage over others in determining what rate to bid.     Reuters
2006 Prosecutors on Tuesday accused three employees at Merrill Lynch and Goldman Sachs of taking part in a "massive" $6.7m international insider trading scheme involving the sharing of tips on sensitive mergers and acquisitions by Merrill clients.     AFP
2005 Accused bu WorldCom shareholders, under bankruptcy protection since 2002, of helping WorldCom to manipulated its accounts. Settled the lawsuit for 12,5 million dollars.     Les Echos
2004   4,55   billion US$AFP
2003   23,623   billion US$
2003 Indicted for insider trading, fraud, perjury and other charges in connection with the purchase of about $318 million of 30-year bonds and bond futures: Goldman Sachs agreed to pay back $3.8 million in profits, $500,000 in interest and a $5 million penalty     New York Times
2003 Diffusion d'analyses boursières biaisées afin d'emporter de fructueux contrats de montage financier: amende de 1,4 milliards de $US à dix firmes.     Reuters
2002   22,852,11   billion US$
2002 Analyst research compromised by investment-banking relationships: US$ 50 million settlement     CBS Marketwatch
2002 Insider trading: the bank gave shares of companies that it was managing the IPO to some other companies' top managers (eBay, Yahoo, Disney, Tyco, Worldcom) in order to get contracts for its investment banking division.     L'Expansion
2002 civil securities- fraud and market-manipulation charges for allegedly steering hot IPOs to investors who signaled plans to buy additional shares.     Wall Street Journal
2001   31,142,31   billion US$
2000   333,07   billion US$
1999   25,362,71   billion US$
1998   125,01  billion US$
1998   22,482,43   billion US$
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» Financial delinquency in 2007
yearfinancial misdemeanorsalesincomeassetsbuybacksource
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purpose : intermediary/lobby : institution
source
2000Prevent binding regulation, co- or self-regulation instead. : American Chamber of Commerce's EU Committee : : European Commission translateCorporate Europe Observatory
1999Deregulation and "maximum liberalization" through WTO, GATS : TABD (Transatlantic Business Dialogue) : : US Government / European Commission translateCorporate Europe Observatory
1998Regulation favorable to company's interests : Contribution to Candidate's Political Action Committee : amount: 229 thousand US$ : US President, Congress, Senate translateCenter for Responsive Politics
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purpose : intermediary/lobby : institution
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 3 informations, access to subscribers
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dubious practice : image
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2005Arguable partnership: the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) to protect in perpetuity a vast tract of wilderness at the southernmost edge of South America, on the island of Tierra del Fuego, Chile: value: Ecologique;
2000slogan: Unrelenting Thinking.;
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» Dubious practices in 2007


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