Goldman Sachs Announces New Members of the Partnership Pool and New Managing Directors

Business Wire, Oct 21, 2004

NEW YORK -- The Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (NYSE:GS) today announced that it has invited 99 individuals to join the firm's Partnership Pool, and 190 individuals to become Managing Directors, as of November 27, 2004, the start of the firm's fiscal year.

The Partnership Pool was established at the time of Goldman Sachs' public offering in May 1999 to maintain various core aspects of the firm's partnership culture among its leaders, including teamwork, client focus and a commitment to excellence. Goldman Sachs chooses new Managing Directors annually and new Partnership Pool members biennially.

Goldman Sachs is a leading global investment banking, securities and investment management firm that provides a wide range of services worldwide to a substantial and diversified client base that includes corporations, financial institutions, governments and high net worth individuals. Founded in 1869, it is one of the oldest and largest investment banking firms. The firm is headquartered in New York and maintains offices in London, Frankfurt, Tokyo, Hong Kong and other major financial centers around the world.

We are pleased to announce that the following individuals have been invited to join the Partnership Pool as of November 27, 2004, the start of the firm's next fiscal year.

Yusuf A. Aliredha                  Toshinobu Kasai
John A. Ashdown                    James C. Katzman
Neil Z. Auerbach                   Thomas J. Kenny
Steven M. Barry                    Timothy M. Kingston
Christopher M. Barter              Remy Klammers
Stacy Bash-Polley                  Joseph A. LaNasa III
Jonathan A. Beinner                John J. Lauto
Driss Ben-Brahim                   George C. Lee
Paul D. Bernard                    Johan Leven
Gerald J. Cardinale                Peter B. MacDonald
Mark M. Carhart                    Jason E. Maynard
Anthony H. Carpet                  Ian R. McCormick
Amy L. Chasen                      Michael R. Miele
Jane P. Chwick                     Philip J. Moffitt
Kent A. Clark                      J. Ronald Morgan III
Thomas G. Connolly                 Simon P. Morris
Thomas W. Cornacchia               Marc O. Nachmann
Matthew H. Cyzer                   Jeffrey P. Nedelman
Stephen D. Daniel                  Anthony J. Noto
Diego De Giorgi                    Taneki Ono
Francois-Xavier de Mallmann        Nigel M. O'Sullivan
Daniel L. Dees                     Fumiko Ozawa
James Del Favero                   James R. Paradise
Joseph P. DiSabato                 Geoffrey M. Parker
Michael L. Dweck                   Arthur J. Peponis
Kenneth M. Eberts III              Ellen R. Porges
Kathy G. Elsesser                  Kevin A. Quinn
Elizabeth C. Fascitelli            Jean Raby
Steven M. Feldman                  Jeffrey A. Resnick
Pierre-Henri Flamand               William M. Roberts
James R. Garvey                    Eileen P. Rominger
Gary T. Giglio                     David C. Ryan
Justin G. Gmelich                  Karen D. Seitz
Gregg A. Gonsalves                 David G. Shell
Peter Gross                        Jeffrey S. Sloan
Vishal Gupta                       Nobumichi Sugiyama
Jana Hale Doty                     Shahriar Tadjbakhsh
Rumiko Hasegawa                    Roland W. Tegeder
A. John Hass                       David H. Tenney
Keith L. Hayes                     Massimo Tononi
Robert D. Henderson                Donald J. Truesdale
Bruce A. Heyman                    Irene Y. Tse
Stephen P. Hickey                  David H. Voon
Margaret J. Holen                  Theodor Weimer
Philip Holzer                      Lance N. West
Robert Howard                      Elisha Wiesel
Fred Hu                            Jon A. Woodruff
Edith A. Hunt                      Wassim G. Younan
Raymond J. Iwanowski               Yi Kevin Zhang
Adrian M. Jones

We are pleased to announce that the following individuals have been invited to become Managing Directors as of November 27, 2004, the start of the firm's next fiscal year.

Koichiro Abe                       Eugene H. Leouzon
Andrew W. Alford                   Wayne M. Leslie
Fareed T. Ali                      Kemp J. Lewis
William D. Anderson Jr.            John S. Lindfors
Yoshio Ando                        Iain Lindsay
Rachel Ascher                      Michael C. Liou
Dolores S. Bamford                 Hugo P. MacNeill
Benjamin C. Barber                 Margaret M. Mager
Slim C. Bentami                    Arline Mann
Leslie A. Biddle                   Andrew A. McEachern
Susan G. Bowers                    Christopher D. McFadden
Gavin D. Brake                     Kevin T. McGuire
Christoph M. Brand                 Thomas J. McLaughlin
Michael J. Brandmeyer              Avinash N. Mehrotra
Andrew I. Braun                    Jonathan M. Meltzer
Anne F. Brennan                    Christopher Milner
Tony M. Briney                     Elizabeth A. Mily
Patrick T. Briody                  Christina P. Minnis
Clifford V. Brokaw IV              Cheri S. Mowrey Davison
Adam J. Brooks                     Yumiko Murakami
Jason M. Brown                     Arun Murthy
Nancy D. Browne                    Kenichi Nagasu
Elizabeth M. Burban                Rita M. Nagle
Vincent G. Camerlynck              Tetsuo Naraha
Anthony Cammarata Jr.              Massimiliano Nardulli
David C. Carlebach                 John F. Neary
Alain Carrier                      Kiele E. Neas
Donald J. Casturo                  Ted K. Neely II
Paul L. Chapman                    Michael L. November
James R. Charnley                  Toru Okabe
Martin Cher                        Timothy J. O'Reilly
Elena Ciallie                      Richard O'Toole
Matthew J. Clark                   Konstantinos N. Pantazopoulos
Scott Coleman                      Bryant C. Park
David C. Coquillette               Alfredo J. Pastro
Ann S. Costello                    Robert D. Patch
Elizabeth Cottam                   Bruce B. Petersen
Jeffrey F. Daly                    Nadja Pinnavaia
Debora J. Daskivich                Cameron P. Poetzscher
Michael C. Dawley                  Kenneth A. Pontarelli
Ahmad B. Deek                      Vijay C. Popat
Karl M. Devine                     Dirk M. Popielas
Jamal Dhanani                      Lora J. Price
Andrew M. Dodd                     Lorin P. Radtke
Aidan P. Dunn                      Deepak K. Rao
Laurent M. Dupeyron                Buckley T. Ratchford
William J. Elliott                 James G. Reilly
Mark Evans                         Timothy W. Reilly
William J. Fallon                  Dierk M. Reuter
Matthew J. Fassler                 Luigi G. Rizzo
Nigel K. Faulkner                  J. Timothy Romer
Jose M. Fernandez                  Howard M. Rowe
Wolfgang Fink                      Juan A. Sabater
Silverio Foresi                    Sameer S. Sain
Barry J. Friedman                  Martin Jose Sanchez
Dino Fusco                         Robert W. Savage
Philip L. Gardner                  John R. Sawtell
James R. Garman                    Alexander Schrantz
Kevin S. Gasvoda                   Paul D. Scialla
Paul E. Germain                    Joseph M. Sealy
Kenneth E. Glassman                Lewis M. Segal
Sarah J. Gray                      Harvey S. Shapiro
Jason R. Haas                      Mark D. Shattan
Edward G. Hadden                   Adam Sherman
Thomas E. Halverson                Hiroko Shinoda
Eric I. Hamou                      Keith A. Shultis
Jan Hatzius                        Suhail A. Sikhtian
Jennifer M. Hill                   Norborne G. Smith III
Nigel R. Hill                      Ying Ying Glenda So
Jens D. Hofmann                    David Z. Solomon
Laura A. Holleman                  Robert C. Spofford
Dane E. Holmes                     Joseph J. Struzziery III
R. Maynard Holt III                Randolph A. Stuzin
Leo Z. Huang                       Damian E. Sutcliffe
Robyn A. Huffman                   Robert J. Sweeney
Alastair J. Hunt                   Yozo Tachibana
Leonid Ioffe                       Adam L. Taetle
David L. Jasper                    Pawan Tewari
Pernille D. Jensen                 Chuk Kwan Ting
Arihiro Kanda                      John D. Tracy
Shafiq A. Karmali                  Terrence P. Travis
Steffen J. Kastner                 Benoit Valentin
Stuart A. Katz                     Damian J. Valentino
Poir-Mok Kee                       Thomas A. Wagner
Christopher M. Keogh               Paul Walker
Bjorn P. Killmer                   Howard H. Wang
Peter Kimpel                       Alan S. Waxman
Scott G. Kolar                     Nicholas H. Weber
Annette L. Krassner                Dominic A. Wilson
Gregory Kuppenheimer               Gavin E. Wilson
Ricardo F. Lacerda                 Steve Windsor
Linda A. LaGorga                   Martin Wiwen-Nilsson
Steffen C. Landauer                Yoshihiko Yano
Scott R. Lange                     Pei Pei Yu
Harvey Chi Chung Lee
Joseph B. Lee