The Partnership / The Making of Goldman Sachs.

Traces the half-century ascent of Goldman Sachs from a marginal family firm with limited prospects to one of the world's most profitable investment banks, evaluating the contributions of such pivotal figures as Sidney Weinberg, Gus Levy, and John Whitehead. 75,000 first printing.

Charles D. Ellis is a consultant to large institutional investors and government agencies. For thirty years he was managing partner of Greenwich Associates, an international business strategy consulting firm he founded that serves virtually all the leading financial service organizations around the world. Ellis earned his M.B.A. from Harvard University and his Ph.D. from New York University. He has taught investment management courses at Harvard and Yale, and is the author of twelve books. Ellis has served on the boards of Harvard Business School and Phillips Exeter Academy and is currently chairman of the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, a trustee of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, a director of Vanguard, and a trustee and chair of the investment committee at Yale University.