Goldmanite (Goldman Sachs employee)

A present or former employee of the financial firm of Goldman Sachs is called a “Goldmanite.” The name ‘Goldmanite” has been cited in print since at least 1992.
 
“Goldmanite” has nothing to with the mineral that is also called Goldmanite.
 
   
Wikipedia: Goldman Sachs
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE: GS) is an American multinational investment banking firm that engages in global investment banking, securities, investment management, and other financial services primarily with institutional clients.
 
Goldman Sachs was founded in 1869 and is headquartered at 200 West Street in the Lower Manhattan area of New York City, with additional offices in international financial centers. The firm provides mergers and acquisitions advice, underwriting services, asset management, and prime brokerage to its clients, which include corporations, governments and individuals. The firm also engages in market making and private equity deals, and is a primary dealer in the United States Treasury security market. It is recognized as one of the premier investment banks in the world, but has sparked a great deal of controversy over alleged improper practices, especially since the 2007–2012 global financial crisis.
 
Wikipedia: Goldmanite
Goldmanite is a green or greenish-brown silicate mineral of the garnet group with a chemical formula of Ca3(V3+,Al,Fe3+)2(SiO4)3.
 
Discovery
It was first described in 1964 for an occurrence in the Laguna District, Cibola County, New Mexico and is named after Marcus Isaac Goldman (1881–1965), an American petrologist.
   
Google Books
International Financing Review
IFR, Issues 851-858
1990
Pg. 35:
Out went our research team with the objective of button-holing Goldmanites and seeing if they understood the cult image.
   
Google Books
The Vulture Investors:
The winners and losers of the great American bankruptcy feeding frenzy
By Hilary Rosenberg
New York, NY: HarperBusiness
1992
Pg. 168:
In the fall of 1987, Kazarian left Goldman, Sachs to return to Pawtucket to take care of the family business after his ... just left Goldman, Sachs — and another ex-Goldmanite were running an advisory firm for companies in need of restructuring.
   
This is MONEY (UK)
Bank loses its Sachs appeal
By DAILY MAIL REPORTER
UPDATED: 04:27 EST, 19 April 2006
(...)
IT is hard to get off the subject of Goldman Sachs at the moment. John Thain, one of the many former Goldman-ites at large in positions of power throughout the world, is preparing a possible bid for the London Stock Exchange.
   
Business Insider
This Ex-Goldmanite Changed His Name. Now He Fights Against Regulations That Could Hurt Goldman
Julia La Roche | Aug. 18, 2011, 9:19 AM
A former Goldman Sachs vice president changed his name a few years ago.
 
CNNMoney
Goldmanites fall out of the 1%
By Stephen Gandel, senior editor September 10, 2012: 4:33 PM ET
Investment bankers are making less, but don’t expect Occupy Wall Streeters to be happy.
FORTUNE—The 99% may soon have some new members - employees of Goldman Sachs.
 
The average compensation at Goldman (GS) is likely to fall by nearly $100,000 by the end of next year as new regulations, fewer deals and legal payouts hurt the firm’s profitability.
 
Naked Capitalism
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2012
What Ex-Goldmanite Greg Smith Didn’t Say, and Some Guesses as to Why
Greg Smith’s book on his time at Goldman has generated a hailstorm of criticism, aptly summed up by Jesse: ...
 
Business Insider
A Small Group Of Goldmanites Are About To Experience A Life-Changing Event — Here’s What They Can Expect
Julia La Roche | Nov. 13, 2012, 4:34 PM
Tomorrow Goldman Sachs will tap its next “partnership managing director” class.