This list of former employees of Goldman Sachs catalogs notable alumni of the New York City-based investment bank in different fields.
- Jacob Aarup-Andersen – CEO of Carlsberg Group (2023–)
- Bradley Abelow – Former Chief of Staff and Treasurer of New Jersey under Jon Corzine, and President of MF Global, Inc.
- Guy Adami – CNBC's Fast Money
- Olusegun Olutoyin Aganga – Former Nigerian Finance Minister, Nigerian Minister for Trade and Investments
- Sergey Aleynikov – Goldman Sachs computer programmer convicted of stealing Goldman's code[1][2]
- Erik Åsbrink – Minister for Finance of Sweden (1996–1999)
- Cliff Asness – billionaire hedge fund manager, co-founder of AQR Capital Management
- Joseph Bae – CEO of KKR
- Ziad Bahaa-Eldin – Deputy Prime Minister of Egypt (2013–2014)
- Steve Bannon – Former executive chairman of Breitbart News LLC, and chief executive officer of the Donald Trump presidential campaign, 2016
- Chetan Bhagat – Indian author
- Mike Bingle – Billionaire co-Chairman of Silver Lake Partners
- Fischer Black – Co–author of the Black–Scholes equation and the Black-Derman-Toy model
- Lloyd Blankfein – investment banker, Senior Chairman of Goldman Sachs and former chairman and CEO of Goldman Sachs.
- Joshua Bolten – Former White House Chief of Staff
- António Borges – Portuguese economist and banker
- Martin Brand – Head of North America Private Equity at Blackstone
- Diethart Breipohl – Head of Group Finance at Allianz
- Willem Buiter – Chief Economist of Citigroup (2010–)
- Erin Burnett – CNN host
- Mark Carney – Governor of the Bank of England (2013–) and former Governor of the Bank of Canada (2008–2013)[3]
- R. Martin Chavez – Vice Chairman and Partner of Sixth Street Partners; former Chief Finance Officer of Goldman Sachs
- Efthymios Christodoulou – Governor of the Bank of Greece (1991–1993)
- Petros Christodoulou – General Manager of the Public Debt Management Agency of Greece (2010–2012) and Deputy Chief Executive Officer of the National Bank of Greece (2012–)
- Gary Cohn – Director of the National Economic Council and chief economic advisor to President Donald Trump from 2017 to 2018, vice-chairman of IBM
- Michael Cohrs – Member of Court and the Financial Policy Committee at the Bank of England
- Leon Cooperman – billionaire investor, hedge fund manager
- Henry Cornell – Founder of Cornell Capital
- Jon Corzine – Former CEO of MF Global, Inc., former Democratic Governor (2006–2010) and US Senator (2001–2006), New Jersey
- Jim Cramer – Founder of TheStreet.com, best-selling author, and host of Mad Money on CNBC
- Charles de Croisset – General Treasurer of Société des amis du Louvre
- Charles Davis – Chairman and CEO of Stone Point Capital
- Tony Davis – Founder & CEO of Inherent Group; founder and former President of Anchorage Capital
- Guillermo de la Dehesa – Secretary of State of Economy and Finance of Spain (1986–1988)
- Emanuel Derman – South African co-developer of the Black-Derman-Toy model
- Jamie Dimon – Billionaire Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of JPMorgan Chase
- Vladimír Dlouhý – Minister of Industry and Trade of the Czech Republic (1992–1997)
- Jim Donovan – Member of the President's Intelligence Advisory Board (PIAB)
- Mario Draghi – Italian, President of the European Central Bank (2011–2019)
- William C. Dudley – President of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York
- Rahm Emanuel – Mayor of Chicago (2011–2019)[4]
- Hafize Gaye Erkan - Governor of CBRT (2023-present), first female governor of the Central Bank [5]
- Óscar Fanjul – Spanish founding Chairman and CEO of Repsol
- Michael D. Fascitelli – President & Trustee of Vornado Realty Trust
- Fang Fenglei – deputy chief executive of China International Capital Corporation
- Henry H. Fowler – Former United States Secretary of the Treasury (1965–1969)
- Jane Fraser – Chief Executive Officer of Citigroup
- Stephen Friedman – former chairman of the US President's Intelligence Advisory Board and Founder of Stone Point Capital
- Gary Gensler – Chairman of the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (2009–2014) and chairman of the US Securities and Exchange Commission (2021-)
- Mark Gilbert – Major League Baseball player, and US Ambassador to New Zealand and Samoa
- Judd Gregg – Governor of New Hampshire (1989–1993) and United States Senator from New Hampshire (1993–2011)
- Chris Grigg – CEO of British Land (2009– )
- Charlie Haas – Wrestler, working for World Wrestling Entertainment
- Victor Halbertstadt – Professor of Public Sector Finance at the University of Leiden
- Connor Haley – Founder & Managing Partner of Alta Fox Capital
- Guy Hands – English CEO of Terra Firma Capital Partners
- Jim Himes – member of the House of Representatives (2009–present), representing Connecticut
- Amy Hood – Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President of Microsoft
- Fred Hu – Founder and CEO of Primavera Capital Group
- Kazuo Inamori – Chairman of Japan Airlines (2010–)
- Omer Ismail – CEO at One App
- Reuben Jeffery III – Under Secretary of State for Economic, Business, and Agricultural Affairs (2007– )
- Scott Kapnick – Founder & CEO of HPS Investment Partners
- Neel Kashkari – Former Interim Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Financial Stability (2008–2009)
- Paul B. Kazarian – Founder of Japonica Partners and President of Charles & Agnes Kazarian Foundation
- Thomas L. Kempner Jr. – Founder of Davidson Kempner Capital Management
- Katie Koch – CEO of The TCW Group
- Edward Lampert – Hedge fund manager of ESL Investments. Brought Kmart out of Bankruptcy, merged with Sears and serves as CEO
- Gregg Lemkau – co-CEO of BDT & MSD Partners
- Eric Lane – President and Chief Operating Officer at Tiger Global Management
- Gianni Letta – Secretary to the Council of Ministers of Italy under the governments of Silvio Berlusconi
- Matt Levine – columnist for Bloomberg News
- Arthur Levitt – Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission (1993–2001)[6]
- Marc Lipschultz – Co-Chief Executive Officer of Blue Owl Capital
- Klaus Luft – German businessman and Honorary Consul of Estonia to Bavaria
- Ian Macfarlane – Governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia (1996–2006)
- Stephen Mandel – billionaire investor, hedge fund manager, and philanthropist. He founded Lone Pine Capital
- Eric Mandelblatt – Founder and Chief Investment Officer of Soroban Capital
- Tito Mboweni – Governor of the Reserve Bank of South Africa (1999–2009)
- Steve McLaughlin – Founder & CEO of Financial Technology Partners
- Evan McMullin – Independent candidate for President in the 2016 US presidential election
- Scott Mead – Photographer and an investment banker
- Karel Van Miert – European Commissioner for Transport and Consumer Protection (1989–1993) and European Commissioner for Competition (1993–1999)
- Eric Mindich – Founder of Eton Park Capital Management
- Carlos Moedas – Portuguese, European Commissioner for Research, Science and Innovation
- R. Scott Morris – Former CEO of Boston Options Exchange
- Greg Mondre – Billionaire co-CEO of Silver Lake Partners
- Dambisa Moyo – Zambian economist and author of Dead Aid: Why Aid is Not Working and How There is a Better Way For Africa
- Steven Mnuchin – Former United States Secretary of the Treasury (2017–2020), National Finance Chairman for the Donald Trump 2016 presidential campaign, and Former Chief Information Officer For Goldman Sachs
- Edward A. Mulé – Founder & CEO of Silver Point Capital
- Mira Murati – Interim Chief Executive Officer of OpenAI
- Phil Murphy (D) – Current Governor State of New Jersey
- Ashwin Navin – Indian-American President and co-founder of BitTorrent, Inc.
- Daniel Och – billionaire investor, hedge fund manager, and philanthropist. He is the founder, chairman and former CEO of Och-Ziff Capital Management Group[7]
- Dr. Ann Olivarius, American-British chair, McAllister Olivarius, employment and discrimination lawyer
- Prince Friso of Orange-Nassau – Younger brother of Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands
- Andrea Orcel – President of UBS Investment Bank (2014–2018)
- Bob O’Shea – Founder and Chairman of Silver Point Capital
- Lucas Papademos Greek economist
- Mark Patterson – Chief of Staff to the United States Secretary of the Treasury of the United States (2009–)
- Henry “Hank” Paulson – Former United States Secretary of the Treasury (2006–2009)
- Gregory B. Penner – Chairman of Walmart, co-owner and CEO of the Denver Broncos, and grandson-in-law of Sam Walton, the founder of Walmart
- Richard C. Perry – Founder of Perry Capital LLC
- Dina Powell McCormick – President of Global Client Services and Partner at BDT-MSD; Former United States Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategy to President Donald Trump
- Romano Prodi – Prime Minister of Italy (1996–1998, 2006–2008) and President of the European Commission (1999–2004)[8]
- Vivek Ramaswamy – Founder of Roivant Sciences and 2024 Republican Party Nominee in the 2024 United States Presidential Election
- Justin B. Ries – scientist and inventor known for discoveries in the field of global climate change
- Linnea Roberts – Founder of GingerBread Capital and Board Member of Teach for America
- Robert Rubin – Former Secretary of the Treasury of the United States, ex–Chairman of Citigroup
- Julian C. Salisbury – Co-Chief Investment Officer of Sixth Street Partners
- Anthony Scaramucci – Former White House Communications Director (2017)[9][10]
- Stephen Scherr – Chief Executive Officer of Hertz and former Goldman Sachs CFO
- Harvey Schwartz – American investment banker, former Goldman Sachs CFO and co-COO.
- Robert F. Smith (investor) - Billionaire founder and CEO of private equity firm Vista Equity Partners; Wealthiest African-American.
- Robert Steel – Former Chairman and President, Wachovia
- Thomas Fahr Steyer – Founder of Farallon Capital and OneCalifornia Bank, which merged to become Beneficial State Bank
- Milojko Spajić – Prime Minister of Montenegro
- Gene Sperling – Director of the National Economic Council (2011–2014)[11]
- Rishi Sunak – Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (2022–present)[12]
- Peter Sutherland – UN representative for refugees; former EU commissioner; former attorney general of Ireland; Chairman Emeritus of GS International
- Frank Tang – Founder and CEO of FountainVest Partners
- David Tepper – billionaire hedge fund manager and owner of NFL team Carolina Panthers
- John Thain – Former Chairman and CEO, Merrill Lynch, and former chairman of the NYSE
- John L. Thornton – Non-Executive Chairman of PineBridge Investments, Executive Chairman of Barrick Gold Corporation, Chair Emeritus at Brookings Institution, and Advisory Board of Schwarzman Scholars
- Byron Trott – co-CEO of BDT & MSD Partners
- Massimo Tononi – Treasury Undersecretary of the Ministry of Economy and Finance of Italy (2006–2008)[8]
- Malcolm Turnbull – Former Prime Minister of Australia (2015-2018)
- Kevin Ulrich – Founder & CEO of Anchorage Capital Group
- Robin Vince – President & Chief Executive Officer at BNY Mellon; former Chief Risk Officer at Goldman Sachs
- Barry Volpert – Co-Founder & CEO of Crestview Partners
- George Herbert Walker IV – chairman and CEO at Neuberger Berman and member of the Bush family
- Thomas B. Walker, Jr. – established Goldman Sachs' presence in the Southwestern United States[13]
- John Weinberg – Chairman and CEO of Evercore
- Jack Weingart – Chief Financial Officer and Director of TPG Inc.
- John C. Whitehead – 9th United States Deputy Secretary of State
- Elisha Wiesel – chief information officer of Goldman Sachs; hedge fund manager of the Niche Plus; son of Nobel Laureate and Holocaust Survivor Elie Wiesel
- Nicolas Zerbib – Chief Investment Officer of Stone Point Capital
- Jim Zelter – Co-President at Apollo Global Management
- Robert Zoellick – United States Trade Representative (2001–2005), Deputy Secretary of State (2005–2006), World Bank President (2007–2012)
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- ^ Bank of Canada Press Release
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