Goldman Officer Quits; Got $67.5M In '07

高盛集团(Goldman Sachs Group Inc.)联席总裁乔恩•温克里德(Jon Winkelried)将离开他为之效力了26年的公司，另一位联席总裁加里•科恩(Gary Cohn)将因此大权在握。温克里德将在3月底退休的消息是在周二下午美国市场收盘后公布的。他现年49岁，高盛在将近10年前上市时他就是公司的合伙人。科恩是高盛首席执行长劳埃德•布兰克费恩(Lloyd Blankfein)的老朋友。科恩与温克里德还共同担任高盛首席运营长的职务。温克里德是2007年华尔街薪酬最高的高管之一，收入高达6,750万美元。不过由于高盛在信贷危机中陷入财务困境，他与其他高管放弃了2008年的奖金。关于温克里德退休的原因并未公布，记者请他就此发表评论，但没有收到答复。高盛去年的大规模压缩成本行动正是在他的指导下进行的，而如今他也加入了离开华尔街的最新一批高管行列。一些高管是自己选择离开的，如美林(Merrill Lynch & Co.)前总裁弗莱明(Gregory Fleming)。其他人则是银行和投行清理门户的牺牲品，例如上个月被新东家美国银行(Bank of America Corp.)扫地出门的美林前首席执行长塞恩(John Thain)。温克里德同时也是高盛的一名董事，虽然是以做投行起家，但他为高盛效力的大部分时间都是在固定收益部门工作。他之前曾担任高盛投行部门的联席主管，2006年布兰克费恩出任董事长兼首席执行长后短短几周，他就被提拔为高盛的联席总裁兼联席首席运营长。此前，科恩在高盛内部就被认为是两名总裁中权力更大的一位，如今他将成为公司唯一的总裁兼首席运营长。他过去曾是一名白银交易员，在高盛的固定收益部门有长期的工作背景。科恩与布兰克费恩一开始都是在高盛旗下的大宗商品子公司J. Aron & Co.工作。科恩现年48岁，过去曾是一名白银交易员，在高盛的固定收益部门有长期的工作背景。他在高盛还同时担任证券交易部门的联席主管。温克里德上周晚些时候告诉布兰克费恩他准备离开公司。外界一直认为他出任首席执行长的胜算不大，而他自己从去年夏天就在考虑退休的事情。据知情人士称，为了帮助公司抵御信贷危机，他推迟了退休的计划，目前尚无到其他地方任职的计划。Susanne Craig相关阅读高盛等急于偿还政府救助贷款 2009-02-05成败日后见分晓 2009-01-13 本文涉及股票或公司document.write (truthmeter('2009年02月18日15:09', 'GS'));高盛集团英文名称：Goldman Sachs Group Inc.总部地点：美国上市地点：纽约证交所股票代码：GS


Goldman Sachs Group Inc. Co-President Jon Winkelried, a 26-year veteran of the Wall Street firm, is stepping down, putting more power in the hands of the other co-president, Gary Cohn.The exit of the 49-year-old Mr. Winkelried was announced after the close of regular trading Tuesday. A partner when Goldman went public nearly a decade ago, he will retire at the end of March.Mr. Cohn is a longtime friend of Goldman Chief Executive Lloyd Blankfein. Messrs. Cohn and Winkelried also share the title of chief operating officer.Mr. Winkelried was one of Wall Street's highest-paid executives in 2007, earning $67.5 million. But he was among the top Goldman executives forgoing a bonus for 2008, as a result of the firm's financial battering from the credit crisis.No reason was announced for Mr. Winkelried's retirement, and he didn't respond to a request for comment. After overseeing a wave of cost-cutting at Goldman during the past year, Mr. Winkelried is the latest in several departures on Wall Street.Some executives have left by choice, including Gregory Fleming, the former president of Merrill Lynch & Co. Others were casualties of the issues at banks and investment firms, with John Thain, Merrill's chief executive, pushed out of new parent Bank of America Corp. last month.Mr. Winkelried, who also is a Goldman director, got his start as an investment banker but spent much of his career in the firm's fixed-income department. He served as co-head of investment banking before being promoted to co-president and co-chief operating officer in 2006, just weeks after the firm's board asked Mr. Blankfein to become chairman and CEO.Mr. Cohn, considered by many inside Goldman to have been the more powerful of the two presidents, will become the firm's only president and chief operating officer. Mr. Cohn is a former silver trader with a long background in the firm's fixed-income department.Messrs. Cohn and Blankfein both got their start in Goldman's J. Aron & Co. commodities unit. Mr. Cohn, 48, is a former silver trader with a long background in the firm's fixed-income department. During his time at the firm he has also been co-head of securities trading.Mr. Winkelried, who told Mr. Blankfein late last week that he was leaving, was always considered a long shot to become CEO and has been considering retiring since the summer. He delayed his plans to help Goldman weather the credit crisis and has no immediate job plans, according to a person close to the matter.Susanne Craig