Walter E. Sachs Biography
Walter Edward Sachs (May 28, 1884 – August 21, 1980) was an American banker and financier.
Biography
He was born on May 28, 1884, in Manhattan, New York City, to Samuel Sachs and Louisa Goldman of the Goldman–Sachs family. He was an alumnus of Harvard Business School.
Sachs was a partner at Goldman Sachs starting in 1928, guiding the company through the Great Depression.
He married Mary Williamson in 1939 and divorced in 1960.
He retired as a partner in 1959 to become a limited partner. He died at his home in Darien, Connecticut, on August 21, 1980.
References
Further reading
- Cohan, William D. (2011). Money and Power: How Goldman Sachs Came to Rule the World. New York: Doubleday. ISBN:9780385523844.
