Marcus Goldman was a German banker, businessman, and financier. He was born in Trappstadt, Bavaria and immigrated to the United States in 1848. He was the founder of Goldman Sachs, which has since become one of the worlds largest and most influential investment banks.
Goldman was born in Trappstadt, Bavaria, Germany, the son of Ella and Wolf Goldmann, a former schoolteacher and cattle dealer. His family was Ashkenazi Jewish. He immigrated to the United States from Frankfurt am Main, Germany, in 1848 during the first great wave of Jewish immigration to America, resulting from the Revolutions of 1848 in the German states.
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