Marcus Goldman
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| Born |
Mark Goldmann December 9, 1821 Trappstadt, Bavaria, Germany |
| Died | July 20, 1904 (aged 82) Elberon, New Jersey, United States |
| Nationality | German American |
| Occupation | Banker, businessman, financier |
| Spouse(s) | Bertha (née Goldman; m. 185?) |
| Children | Julius Goldman Rebecca Dreyfuss (married to Ludwig Dreyfuss) Rosa Sachs (married to Julius Sachs) Louisa Sachs (married to Samuel Sachs) Henry Goldman (1857–1937) |
Marcus Goldman (/ˈɡoʊldmən/; December 9, 1821 – July 20, 1904) was a German banker, businessman, and financier. He was born in Trappstadt, Bavaria and immigrated to the United States in 1848. He was the founder of Goldman Sachs, which has since become one of the world's largest investment banks.
Marcus Goldman was born as Mark Goldmann on December 9, 1821 in Trappstadt, Bavaria, Germany. His father, Wolf Goldmann, was a farmer and cattle dealer. His mother, Bella Katz Oberbrunner, who came from Zeil am Main, was widowed with five children from a former marriage; her first husband was called Samuel Oberbrunner. His family was Ashkenazi Jewish. His paternal grandfather was called Jonathan Marx until he changed his name to Goldmann when Jews were allowed to have surnames in 1811. While attending classes at the synagogue in Würzburg, he met Joseph Sachs, who would become his lifelong friend.
Goldmann immigrated to the United States from Frankfurt am Main, Germany, in 1848 during the first great wave of Jewish immigration to America, resulting from the Revolutions of 1848 in the German states. Upon arriving in America, his name was changed to Marcus Goldman by US immigration.
Goldman worked as a peddler with a horse-drawn cart and later as a shopkeeper in Philadelphia, where he initially rented the room in a boarding-house previously rented by his old friend Joseph Sachs. In 1869, Goldman relocated to New York City and hung out a shingle on Pine Street in lower Manhattan, with the legend "Marcus Goldman & Co.", setting himself up as a broker of IOUs.
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