Stratrix

Company profile

Industry
Financial services
Founded
1869
Headquarters
New York City, United States
Ownership
Publicly traded

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In depth

Strategic Fork
Goldman Sachs Goes Public (1999)
When Goldman Sachs rang the opening bell at the NYSE on May 4, 1999, it ended a 130-year tradition of private partnership. Partners pocketed $3.6 billion. The question that haunted Wall Street: could a culture built on shared risk and long-term thinking survive the quarterly earnings treadmill?

The analyses

The Counterfactual · Decision Forks
Goldman Sachs Tried to Bank Everyone. It Forgot It Was Built to Bank No One.
Goldman spent seven years chasing the consumer. By 2023 it was unwinding the whole thing — and one segment alone had bled more than $3 billion since the start of 2020. The retreat wasn't a pivot. It was a confession.
8 min
The Crisis Response · Crisis & Reinvention
Goldman Blamed Two Rogue Bankers for 1MDB. Every Regulator Said the Rot Ran Deeper.
For five years Goldman insisted two bankers had deceived the firm on 1MDB. Then in October 2020 it admitted 'institutional failures' and signed the largest FCPA settlement in history — $2.9 billion. The defense was always a legal posture, not a fact.
8 min