Here is a list of some of the people that run your life.

Lloyd C. Blankfein

Director since April 2003

Mr. Blankfein, age 54, has been our Chairman and Chief Executive Officer since June 2006. Previously, he had been our President and Chief Operating Officer since January 2004. Prior to that, from April 2002 until January 2004, he was a Vice Chairman of Goldman Sachs, with management responsibility for Goldman Sachs’ Fixed Income, Currency and Commodities Division (FICC) and Equities Division (Equities). Prior to becoming a Vice Chairman, he had served as co-head of FICC since its formation in 1997. From 1994 to 1997, he headed or co-headed the Currency and Commodities Division. Mr. Blankfein is not on the board of any public company other than Goldman Sachs. He is affiliated with certain non-profit organizations, including as a member of the Harvard University Committee on University Resources, the Advisory Board of the Tsinghua University School of Economics and Management and the Governing Board of the Indian School of Business, an overseer of the Weill Medical College of Cornell University, and a director of the Partnership for New York City and Catalyst.

John H. Bryan		Director since November 1999

Mr. Bryan, age 72, is the retired Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Sara Lee Corporation. He served as its Chief Executive Officer from 1975 to June 2000 and as its Chairman of the Board from 1976 until his retirement in October 2001. He is on the board of one public company in addition to Goldman Sachs: General Motors Corporation. Mr. Bryan is the past Chairman of the Grocery Manufacturers of America, Inc. and the past Vice Chairman and a current member of The Business Council. He also served as Co-Chairman of the World Economic Forum’s annual meetings in 1994, 1997 and 2000. In addition, Mr. Bryan is affiliated with certain non-profit organizations, including as a Life Trustee of The University of Chicago, as the past Chairman and Life Trustee of the Board of Trustees of The Art Institute of Chicago, as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Millennium Park, Inc., and as the past Chairman and a current member of The Chicago Council on Global Affairs; he is also the past Chairman of Catalyst.

Gary D. Cohn		Director since June 2006

Mr. Cohn, age 48, has been our President and Chief Operating Officer since April 2009, and was our President and Co-Chief Operating Officer from June 2006 through March 2009. Previously, he had been the co-head of Goldman Sachs’ global securities businesses since January 2004. He also had been the co-head of Equities since 2003 and the co-head of FICC since September 2002. From March 2002 to September 2002, he served as co-chief operating officer of FICC. Prior to that, beginning in 1999, Mr. Cohn managed the FICC macro businesses. From 1996 to 1999, he was the global head of Goldman Sachs’ commodities business. Mr. Cohn is not on the board of any public company other than Goldman Sachs. He is affiliated with certain non-profit organizations, including as a member of the Treasury Borrowing Advisory Committee of the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association and as a trustee of the Gilmour Academy, the NYU Child Study Center, NYU Hospital, NYU Medical School, the Harlem Children’s Zone and American University.

Claes Dahlbäck		Director since June 2003

Mr. Dahlbäck, age 61, currently serves as a Senior Advisor to Investor AB, a Swedish-based investment company, and is also a Senior Advisor at Foundation Asset Management, which is owned by three Wallenberg Foundations and which acts as advisor to the Foundations with respect to their holdings. He previously served as Investor AB’s nonexecutive Chairman from April 2002 until April 2005, its Vice Chairman from April 1999 until April 2002 and its President and Chief Executive Officer from 1978 until April 1999. Mr. Dahlbäck is not on the board of any U.S. public company other than Goldman Sachs. He is affiliated with certain non-profit organizations, including as a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences and of Naval Sciences, as Honorary Doctor and Director of the Stockholm School of Economics, as Chair of the Leader of the Year Award, as Chair of the Stockholm School of Economics Association and as Commander of the Order of the White Rose of Finland. He is also a recipient of the Swedish Kings medal of the Twelfth Dimension with the Seraphim ribbon.

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Stephen Friedman		Director since April 2005

Mr. Friedman, age 71, has been Chairman of Stone Point Capital, a private equity firm, since June 2006; prior to that, he was, since May 2005, a Senior Advisor to Stone Point Capital. Mr. Friedman has been Chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York since January 2008. He was Chairman of the President’s Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board and Chairman of the Intelligence Oversight Board from January 2006 to January 2009. He served as Assistant to the President for Economic Policy and Director of the National Economic Council from December 2002 until December 2004. From 1998 until December 2002, Mr. Friedman was a senior principal of MMC Capital, the predecessor of Stone Point Capital. He retired as Senior Partner and Chairman of the Management Committee of The Goldman Sachs Group, L.P., our predecessor, in 1994, having joined the firm in 1966. Mr. Friedman is not on the board of any public company other than Goldman Sachs. He is a board member of the Council on Foreign Relations, a non-profit organization.

William W. George		Director since December 2002

Mr. George, age 66, was Chief Executive Officer of Medtronic, Inc. from May 1991 to May 2001 and its Chairman of the Board from April 1996 until his retirement in April 2002. He joined Medtronic in 1989 as President and Chief Operating Officer. Mr. George is currently a Professor of Management Practice at the Harvard Business School and was formerly Professor of Leadership and Governance at the International Institute for Management Development from January 2002 until May 2003, Visiting Professor of Technology Management at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne from January 2002 until May 2003 and an Executive-in-Residence at the Yale School of Management from September 2003 through December 2003. Mr. George is on the boards of the following public companies in addition to Goldman Sachs: Exxon Mobil Corporation and Novartis AG. In addition, he is affiliated with certain non-profit organizations, including as a board member of the World Economic Forum USA and as a member of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.

Rajat K. Gupta		Director since November 2006

Mr. Gupta, age 60, has been Senior Partner Emeritus of McKinsey & Company since 2003. He previously served as McKinsey & Company’s Worldwide Managing Director from 1994 until 2003. Prior to that, Mr. Gupta held a variety of positions at McKinsey & Company since 1973. Mr. Gupta is on the boards of the following public companies in addition to Goldman Sachs: AMR Corporation, Genpact LTD, Harman International and Procter & Gamble. He is also an independent director of Qatar Financial Authority. He is affiliated with certain non-profit organizations, including as a member of the Board of The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, Chairman of the Board of the Indian School of Business, a member of the Advisory Board at Tsinghua University School of Economics and Management, and Co-Chair of the American India Foundation. Mr. Gupta also served as the United Nations Secretary-General’s Special Advisor on UN management reform.

James A. Johnson		Director since May 1999

Mr. Johnson, age 65, has been a Vice Chairman of Perseus, L.L.C., a merchant banking and private equity firm, since April 2001. From January 2000 to March 2001, he served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Johnson Capital Partners, a private investment company. From January through December 1999, he was Chairman of the Executive Committee of Fannie Mae, having previously served as its Chairman and Chief Executive Officer from February 1991 through December 1998 and its Vice Chairman from 1990 through February 1991. Mr. Johnson is on the boards of the following public companies in addition to Goldman Sachs: Forestar Real Estate Group, Inc. and Target Corporation. In addition, he is affiliated with certain non-profit organizations, including as Chairman Emeritus of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, as a member of each of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the American Friends of Bilderberg, the Council on Foreign Relations and The Trilateral Commission, and as an honorary trustee of The Brookings Institution.

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Lois D. Juliber		Director since March 2004

Ms. Juliber, age 60, was a Vice Chairman of the Colgate-Palmolive Company from July 2004 until March 2005. She served as Colgate-Palmolive’s Chief Operating Officer from March 2000 to September 2004, as its Executive Vice President — North America and Europe from 1997 until March 2000 and as President of Colgate North America from 1994 to 1997. Ms. Juliber is on the board of the following public companies in addition to Goldman Sachs: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company and Kraft Foods Inc. She is affiliated with certain non-profit organizations, including as Chairman of The MasterCard Foundation, and a trustee of Wellesley College and Women’s World Banking.

 

Lakshmi N. Mittal		Director since June 2008

Mr. Mittal, age 58, has been Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of ArcelorMittal since May 2008. He previously served as ArcelorMittal’s President and Chief Executive Officer from November 2006 to May 2008. Prior to that, Mr. Mittal was Chief Executive Officer of Mittal Steel Company N.V. (formerly the LNM Group) since 1976, when he founded the company. Mr. Mittal is on the boards of the following public companies in addition to Goldman Sachs: European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company EADS N.V. and ICICI Bank Limited. In addition, Mr. Mittal is affiliated with non-profit organizations, including as a member of the International Business Council of the World Economic Forum and the Advisory Board of the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University, as Chairman of World Steel Association and the Executive Board of the Indian School of Business, and as a Golden Patron of The Prince’s Trust.

James J. Schiro		Director Nominee

Mr. Schiro, age 63, has been Chief Executive Officer of Zurich Financial Services since May 2002. He previously served as Zurich’s Chief Operating Officer — Finance from March 2002 to May 2002. Prior to that, Mr. Schiro was Chief Executive Officer of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP from 1998 to 2002 and Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Price Waterhouse from 1995 to 1998, having previously held a variety of other positions at Price Waterhouse since 1967. Mr. Schiro is on the boards of the following public companies: PepsiCo, Inc. and Royal Philips Electronics. In addition, Mr. Schiro is affiliated with non-profit organizations, including as a director of The Geneva Association and the Institute of International Finance, a member of the European Financial Services Round Table, the International Business Council of the World Economic Forum, the Advisory Board of the Tsinghua University School of Economics and Management and the Swiss-American Chamber of Commerce, a trustee of the Institute for Advanced Study, St. John’s University and the Lucerne Festival and vice chairman of the American Friends of the Lucerne Festival.

Ruth J. Simmons		Director since January 2000

Dr. Simmons, age 63, has been President of Brown University since July 2001. She was President of Smith College from 1995 to June 2001 and Vice Provost of Princeton University from 1992 to 1995. Dr. Simmons is on the board of one public company in addition to Goldman Sachs: Texas Instruments Inc. In addition, Dr. Simmons is affiliated with certain non-profit organizations, including as a trustee of Howard University and as a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the American Philosophical Society and the Council on Foreign Relations.

There are no family relationships between any of our directors or executive officers and any other of our directors or executive officers.

Directors’ Recommendation

Our Board unanimously recommends a vote FOR the election of each of Messrs. Blankfein, Bryan, Cohn, Dahlbäck, Friedman, George, Gupta, Johnson, Mittal and Schiro, Ms. Juliber and Dr. Simmons to our Board.

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