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

The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE:GS) today announced that it has invited 115 individuals to join the firm’s Partnership Pool, and 262 individuals to become Managing Directors, as of November 25, 2006, 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. "This is an outstanding group of leaders, who are helping drive the growth of the firm as we serve our clients in an ever increasing number of businesses around the world,” said Lloyd C. Blankfein, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Goldman, Sachs & Co. 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. (The individuals invited to become members of the Partnership Pool and Managing Directors are named on the accompanying pages) We are pleased to announce that the following individuals have been invited to become Partners of the firm as of November 25, 2006, the start of our next fiscal year. Mark E. Agne George C. LiberopoulosGregory A. Agran Peter J. LyonDavid M. Atkinson Paula B. MadoffElizabeth E. Beshel Puneet MalhiMark R. Beveridge Simon I. MansfieldLeslie A. Biddle Allan S. MarsonJan Boomaars James A. McNamaraJason M. Brown Bernard A. MensahMelissa R. Brown Julian R. MetherellSteven M. Bunson Michael J. MilletteNicholas F. Burgin Timothy H. MoeMary D. Byron Thomas C. MorrowJin Yong Cai Ken N. MurphyValentino D. Carlotti Arjun N. MurtiLik Shuen David Chan Kenichi NagasuR. Martin Chavez Gavin G. O'ConnorJames B. Clark Peter C. OppenheimerPeter H. Comisar Robert W. PackWilliam J. Conley Jr. Konstantinos N. PantazopoulosColin J. Corgan Sheila H. PatelJean A. De Pourtales Kenneth A. PontarelliGiorgio De Santis Dioscoro-Roy I. RamosKatinka I. Domotorffy Krishna S. RaoDonald J. Duet Buckley T. RatchfordJason H. Ekaireb Sara E. RecktenwaldPeter C. Enns Gene ReillyJames P. Esposito David M. RyanCarl Faker Ankur A. SahuDouglas L. Feagin Guy E. SaidenbergLuca D. Ferrari Susan J. ScherMark B. Florian Clare R. ScherrerTimothy B. Flynn John A. SebastianElisabeth Fontenelli Peter D. SelmanSilverio Foresi David A. ShiffmanColleen A. Foster Kunihiko ShioharaOrit P. Freedman Theodore T. SotirMatthew T. Fremont-Smith Christoph W. StangerJames R. Garman Laurence SteinKevin S. Gasvoda Chase O. StevensonJoseph H. Gleberman Morgan C. SzeLorenzo Grabau Thomas D. TelesMichael J. Graziano Daisuke TokiKenneth L. Hirsch Peter K. TomozawaSimon N. Holden Lucas van PraagAlastair J. Hunt Robin A. VinceZubin P. Irani Alejandro VollbrechthausenAndrew J. Jonas Casper W. Von KoskullAndrew J. Kaiser Theodore T. WangRichard A. Kimball Jr. Alan S. WaxmanKoji Kotaka Nicholas H. WeberJ. Douglas Kramer Martin M. WernerJonathan A. Langer Andrew F. WilsonGregory D. Lee Samuel J. WisniaRonald Lee Andrew E. WolffTim Leissner Neil J. WrightTodd W. Leland Shinichi YokoteAllan S. Levine Sanaz ZaimiBrian T. Levine We are pleased to announce that the following individuals have been invited to become Managing Directors as of November 25, 2006, the start of the firm’s next fiscal year. Fadi Abuali Edwin Wing-Tang KwokKevin L. Adams David W. LangElif A. Aktug Matthew P. LanstoneChristian S. Alexander Nyron Z. LatifDavid Z. Alter Wai-Yen Vivian LauVincent L. Amatulli Matthew D. LeavittRajesh Amin David A. LehmanKoral Anderson Ericka LeslieStephen Arnold James E. LevineKulbir S. Arora Leland LimOmar M. Asali Alexander G. LoosleyRamaz A. Ashurov David B. LudwigPaul E. Bachman John H. MaAndrew J. Bagley Aedan M. MacGreevyMustafa Bagriacik Raghav MaliahSusan E. Balogh Matthew F. MallgraveJennifer A. Barbetta Edith MandelAli K. Bastani Karim H. ManjiGerard M. Beatty Igor D. MansourHenry Becker Jr. Scott D. MarchakitusRoger S. Begelman Fabio N. MarianiOliver B. Benkert Ramnek S. MatharuAvanish R. Bhavsar Shogo MatsuzawaJoshua S. Birnbaum Thomas C. MazarakisChristopher E. Blume Patrick S. McClymontShane M. Bolton Graeme E. McEvoyPeter V. Bonanno John E. McGarryWilliam C. Bousquette Jr. Shane McKennaPatrick T. Boyle Penny A. McSpaddenStephen Branton-Speak Celine-Marie G. MechainSimon A. Bregazzi Justin E. MetzEmmanuel Bresson Takashi MikkaichiBenjamin R. Broadbent Simon H. MoseleyJanet A. Broeckel William E. MueckeWilliam E. Burgess Jeff MullenTrevor R. Busche Yoshie Kitagawa NaumannRichard J. Butland Edward T. NaylorJon Butler Scott R. NorbyJoseph A. Camarda Graham H. OfficerRoy E. Campbell II Hideyuki Fred OmokawaJohn H. Chartres Maire M. O'NeillMartin E. Chavez Lisa OpokuHenry L. Chen Peter L. OstremHong Lum Julian Cheong Gerald B. Ouderkirk IIIAlex S. Chi Martin C. PankauSteven N. Cho Nicholas T. PappasHan Ching Choong Charles L. ParkKasper E. Christoffersen Jae Hyuk ParkGary W. Chropuvka Francesco PascuzziTeresa H. Clarke Barend M. PenningsJesse H. Cole Zara PratleyBrian M. Coleman Curtis S. ProbstCyril Cottu Lisa RabbeTimothy Craighead Jeffrey RabinowitzJoshua C. Critchley Ante RazmilovicVijay B. Culas Lawrence J. Restieri Jr.Giovanni Cutaia Lloyd S. ReynoldsKyle R. Czepiel Samuel D. RobinsonManda J. D'Agata Philippa A. RogersSven Dahlmeyer Michael E. RonenJohn F. Daly Adam C. 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