GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC

# Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.

Founded in 1869, Goldman Sachs is a diversified financial services firm providing banking, investment, and wealth management services to corporations, financial institutions, governments, and individuals across the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia.

The firm operates through three primary segments. Global Banking & Markets generates revenue from financial advisory services related to mergers and acquisitions, restructurings, and other corporate transactions; equity and debt underwriting; relationship and acquisition lending; secured lending through structured credit and asset-backed instruments; and sales and trading of cash and derivative products across equities, fixed income, commodities, and currencies. The Asset & Wealth Management segment manages assets across multiple classes including equities, fixed income, hedge funds, private equity, real estate, and infrastructure, while also providing wealth advisory, financial planning, and private banking services to institutional and high-net-worth clients. The Platform Solutions segment offers credit card products, transaction banking services, deposit-taking, and payment solutions primarily for corporate and institutional clients.

With approximately 47,400 full-time employees, Goldman Sachs maintains its headquarters in New York and operates globally across major financial markets. The firm's revenue model is diversified across advisory services, capital markets activities, asset management fees, and lending operations.