【内容简介】: Despite financial turmoil, Goldman Sachs remain the leading investment bank in their field. They are notorious for their unique management culture, unorthodox recruiting techniques - and for their secrecy. In The Partnership Charles Ellis reveals their story. With unparalleled access to the leadership of this famously close-knit firm, Ellis investigates the brilliant individuals who turned a marginal family business into a global powerhouse, weathering recession, scandal and disaster on the way. Among them are high school dropout and financial genius Sidney Weinberg, maverick reinventor John Whitehead, former US treasury secretary Hank Paulson and working-class New Yorker turned current CEO, Lloyd Blankfein. The Partnership reveals the shared values of intensive recruitment, discipline and talent that have tied Goldman Sachs' people together - and made it a survivor.

《高盛帝国》讲述了：从为生计奔波到经营一家裁缝店，从地下室小作坊式的银行业务到开创高盛公司的宏伟蓝图。当马库斯·戈德曼从欧洲移民到美国，谁又能想到他能白手起家做出一番惊天动地的伟大事业——成为华尔街最耀眼明星的创始人。没有哪家伟大的公司不是经历过重重磨难的，高盛也不例外。在这部观点深邃的企业传记中，高盛集团的创始人之一亨利?戈德曼的孙女琼?布雷顿?费舍尔以第一手资料追溯了高盛集团成型初期的历史，并描述了当时的高盛人所秉持的价值观。　　

费舍尔还描写了亨利?戈德曼通过艰苦的努力赢得的胜利，以及他在高盛集团初创时期并不平坦的职业发展道路，其中不乏对戈德曼家族与萨克斯家族矛盾细节的描述。费舍尔还生动地描写了亨利?戈德曼所支持的慈善事业，对艺术品的钟爱，还有与社会知名人士——如阿尔伯特?爱因斯坦——的友谊。　　

在我们这个时代，华尔街的辉煌似乎已经成为了过眼烟云，通过此书中对华尔街初创时期的历史记述，我们或许不仅可以了解到为什么一些大型的金融机构仍然能够屹立不倒，并且同时也能理解为什么回归其初创者订立的价值观或许能为未来的发展提供有用的建议。同时，相信这本书所讲述的故事也能为处于初创阶段的企业提供相当有价值的参考。
【作者简介】: 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 organisations 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, mostly on investing, and has written nearly one hundred articles for business and professional magazines. Ellis has served on the boards of Harvard Business School and Phillips Exeter Academy.

查尔斯·埃利斯（charles D.Ellis）虽然不像巴菲特、索罗斯等为大众所熟知，但他其实是投资领域重量级的思想家，好比管理学中的彼得·德鲁克。他是一位公认的投资管理专家，也是全球十位投资管理行业终身贡献奖获得者之一。埃利斯是AIMR（投资管理专家的世界性组织）主席，此外还担任了哈佛商学院董事、耶鲁大学投资委员会主席、怀特黑德学院投资委员会主席等职务。还担任耶鲁管理学院和哈佛商学院投资管理课程的教学任务及特许金融分析师（CFA）学院院长一职。他是格林威治合伙人公司的创始人，并担任该公司领导职务达30年，这是一家为投资行业提供国际战略咨询的著名企业。

他出版、发表了10本关于投资的著作和近100篇文章。目前中国已经出版的有《长线：资金集团的成功之道》、《华尔街英雄路》、《华尔街英雄：60多位华尔街巨人的财富人生》、《高盛帝国（上）》等。
【目录】: Introduction

  1. BEGINNINGS

  2. DISASTER: GOLDMAN SACHS TRADING CORPORATION

  3. THE LONG ROAD BACK

  4. FORD: THE LARGEST IPO

  5. TRANSITION YEARS

  6. GUs LEVY

  7. THE WRECK OF THE PENN CENTRAL

  8. GETTING GREAT AT SELLING

  9. BLOCK TRADING: THE RISKY "BUSINESS THAT ROARED

  10. REVOLUTION IN INVESTMENT BANKING

  11. PRINCIPLES

  12. THE TWO JOHNS

  13. BONDS: THE EARLY YEARS

  14. FIGURING OUT PRIVATE CLIENT SEI~VIcES

  15. ARON: UGLY DUCKLING

  16. TENDER DEFENSE, A MAGIC CARPET

  17. THE USES AND ABUSES UP RESEARCH

  18. JOHN WEINEERG

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