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. Liberopoulos
Gregory A. Agran                 Peter J. Lyon
David M. Atkinson                Paula B. Madoff
Elizabeth E. Beshel              Puneet Malhi
Mark R. Beveridge                Simon I. Mansfield
Leslie A. Biddle                 Allan S. Marson
Jan Boomaars                     James A. McNamara
Jason M. Brown                   Bernard A. Mensah
Melissa R. Brown                 Julian R. Metherell
Steven M. Bunson                 Michael J. Millette
Nicholas F. Burgin               Timothy H. Moe
Mary D. Byron                    Thomas C. Morrow
Jin Yong Cai                     Ken N. Murphy
Valentino D. Carlotti            Arjun N. Murti
Lik Shuen David Chan             Kenichi Nagasu
R. Martin Chavez                 Gavin G. O'Connor
James B. Clark                   Peter C. Oppenheimer
Peter H. Comisar                 Robert W. Pack
William J. Conley Jr.            Konstantinos N. Pantazopoulos
Colin J. Corgan                  Sheila H. Patel
Jean A. De Pourtales             Kenneth A. Pontarelli
Giorgio De Santis                Dioscoro-Roy I. Ramos
Katinka I. Domotorffy            Krishna S. Rao
Donald J. Duet                   Buckley T. Ratchford
Jason H. Ekaireb                 Sara E. Recktenwald
Peter C. Enns                    Gene Reilly
James P. Esposito                David M. Ryan
Carl Faker                       Ankur A. Sahu
Douglas L. Feagin                Guy E. Saidenberg
Luca D. Ferrari                  Susan J. Scher
Mark B. Florian                  Clare R. Scherrer
Timothy B. Flynn                 John A. Sebastian
Elisabeth Fontenelli             Peter D. Selman
Silverio Foresi                  David A. Shiffman
Colleen A. Foster                Kunihiko Shiohara
Orit P. Freedman                 Theodore T. Sotir
Matthew T. Fremont-Smith         Christoph W. Stanger
James R. Garman                  Laurence Stein
Kevin S. Gasvoda                 Chase O. Stevenson
Joseph H. Gleberman              Morgan C. Sze
Lorenzo Grabau                   Thomas D. Teles
Michael J. Graziano              Daisuke Toki
Kenneth L. Hirsch                Peter K. Tomozawa
Simon N. Holden                  Lucas van Praag
Alastair J. Hunt                 Robin A. Vince
Zubin P. Irani                   Alejandro Vollbrechthausen
Andrew J. Jonas                  Casper W. Von Koskull
Andrew J. Kaiser                 Theodore T. Wang
Richard A. Kimball Jr.           Alan S. Waxman
Koji Kotaka                      Nicholas H. Weber
J. Douglas Kramer                Martin M. Werner
Jonathan A. Langer               Andrew F. Wilson
Gregory D. Lee                   Samuel J. Wisnia
Ronald Lee                       Andrew E. Wolff
Tim Leissner                     Neil J. Wright
Todd W. Leland                   Shinichi Yokote
Allan S. Levine                  Sanaz Zaimi
Brian 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 Kwok
Kevin L. Adams                   David W. Lang
Elif A. Aktug                    Matthew P. Lanstone
Christian S. Alexander           Nyron Z. Latif
David Z. Alter                   Wai-Yen Vivian Lau
Vincent L. Amatulli              Matthew D. Leavitt
Rajesh Amin                      David A. Lehman
Koral Anderson                   Ericka Leslie
Stephen Arnold                   James E. Levine
Kulbir S. Arora                  Leland Lim
Omar M. Asali                    Alexander G. Loosley
Ramaz A. Ashurov                 David B. Ludwig
Paul E. Bachman                  John H. Ma
Andrew J. Bagley                 Aedan M. MacGreevy
Mustafa Bagriacik                Raghav Maliah
Susan E. Balogh                  Matthew F. Mallgrave
Jennifer A. Barbetta             Edith Mandel
Ali K. Bastani                   Karim H. Manji
Gerard M. Beatty                 Igor D. Mansour
Henry Becker Jr.                 Scott D. Marchakitus
Roger S. Begelman                Fabio N. Mariani
Oliver B. Benkert                Ramnek S. Matharu
Avanish R. Bhavsar               Shogo Matsuzawa
Joshua S. Birnbaum               Thomas C. Mazarakis
Christopher E. Blume             Patrick S. McClymont
Shane M. Bolton                  Graeme E. McEvoy
Peter V. Bonanno                 John E. McGarry
William C. Bousquette Jr.        Shane McKenna
Patrick T. Boyle                 Penny A. McSpadden
Stephen Branton-Speak            Celine-Marie G. Mechain
Simon A. Bregazzi                Justin E. Metz
Emmanuel Bresson                 Takashi Mikkaichi
Benjamin R. Broadbent            Simon H. Moseley
Janet A. Broeckel                William E. Muecke
William E. Burgess               Jeff Mullen
Trevor R. Busche                 Yoshie Kitagawa Naumann
Richard J. Butland               Edward T. Naylor
Jon Butler                       Scott R. Norby
Joseph A. Camarda                Graham H. Officer
Roy E. Campbell II               Hideyuki Fred Omokawa
John H. Chartres                 Maire M. O'Neill
Martin E. Chavez                 Lisa Opoku
Henry L. Chen                    Peter L. Ostrem
Hong Lum Julian Cheong           Gerald B. Ouderkirk III
Alex S. Chi                      Martin C. Pankau
Steven N. Cho                    Nicholas T. Pappas
Han Ching Choong                 Charles L. Park
Kasper E. Christoffersen         Jae Hyuk Park
Gary W. Chropuvka                Francesco Pascuzzi
Teresa H. Clarke                 Barend M. Pennings
Jesse H. Cole                    Zara Pratley
Brian M. Coleman                 Curtis S. Probst
Cyril Cottu                      Lisa Rabbe
Timothy Craighead                Jeffrey Rabinowitz
Joshua C. Critchley              Ante Razmilovic
Vijay B. Culas                   Lawrence J. Restieri Jr.
Giovanni Cutaia                  Lloyd S. Reynolds
Kyle R. Czepiel                  Samuel D. Robinson
Manda J. D'Agata                 Philippa A. Rogers
Sven Dahlmeyer                   Michael E. Ronen
John F. Daly                     Adam C. Rosenberg
Rajeev R. Das                    Wendy E. Sacks
Michael J. Daum                  Ricardo Salaman
Alexander Davidovich             Thierry Sancier
Nicola A. Davies                 David J. Santina
Philip J. Davies                 Kara Saxon
Thomas H. de Garidel-Thoron      Ian M. Schmidek
Tracy DeBlieck                   Paul E. Schurman
Craig M. Delizia                 Steven M. Schwartz
Stacey Ann DeMatteis             Stephen B. Scobie
Michael Dinias                   Devesh P. Shah
Christina Drews                  Judith L. Shandling
Vance M. Duigan                  Adrianne W. Shapira
Steven T. Elia                   Graham P. Shaw
Harry Eliades                    Hazem A. Shawki
Frank Ertinger                   Steven R. Sher
Suzanne Escousse                 Justin W. Slatky
Steven A. Ferjentsik             J. Radford Small
Carlos Fernandez-Aller           Ian G. Smith
Gregory C. Ferrero               Ramsey D. Smith
Jonathan D. Fiorello             Robert A. Sorrell
Marc L. Flamino                  Raghu Srinivasan
Sarah J. Friar                   Kevin M. Sterling
David A. Friedland               Robert M. Suss
John J. Gauthier                 J. Richard Suth
Elizabeth Gilbert                Yusuke Takahashi
Masaki Gobayashi                 Daiki Takayama
John H. Godfrey                  Tin Hsien Tan
Irwin Goldberg                   Renaud Tartanson
Billy Goldstein                  Megan M. Taylor
Juan D. Gomez-Villalba           Richard J. Taylor
Maria V. Gordon                  Maria Teresa Tejada
Roberta M. Goss                  Siew Hua Thio
Paul Graves                      Timothy H. Thornton
Philip W. Grovit                 Oliver Thym
Jonathan J. Hall                 Ingrid C. Tierens
Dylan S. Halterlein              Nadia Titarchuk
Greger C. Hamilton               Joseph K. Todd
Magnus C. Hardeberg              Mark R. Tolette
Norman A. Hardie                 Hiroyuki Tomokiyo
Kandace K. Heck                  Jill L. Toporek
Ali G. Hedayat                   David Townshend
Joanna Dziubak Hislop            Patrick M. Tribolet
Ryan H. Holsheimer               Richard J. Tufft
Harold P. Hope III               Michael S. Turok
Gregory P. Hopper                Klaus Umek
Joanne Howard                    Toshihiko Umetani
Alison J. Howe                   John P. Underwood
Ming Yunn Stephanie Hui          Thomas S. Vandever
Paul Humphreys                   Richard C. Vanecek
Irfan S. Hussain                 Sebastian Varga von Kibed
Kota Igarashi                    Massimiliano Veneziani
Tsuyoshi Inoue                   Kurt J. Von Holzhausen
Katsuhiro Ishikawa               Nicholas H. von Moltke
Makoto Ito                       Daniel Wainstein
Kathleen Jack                    Timothy D. Walding
Matthew A. Jaume                 Fred Waldman
Tanweer Kabir                    Kevin A. Walker
Christian Kames                  Daniel S. Weiner
Raymond W. Kamrath               Stefan Weiser
Afwa D. Kandawire                Owen O. West
Nicola S. Kane                   Alan S. Wilmit
Henry Wen-Herng King             David T. Wilson
Andrew J. Kleeger                Edward C. Wilson
Herman R. Klein Wassink          Donna A. Winston
Edward C. Knight                 Carinne S. Withey
Akiko Koda                       Christopher D. Woolley
Ravi G. Krishnan                 M. Brendan Wootten
Jorg H. Kukies                   David Tien-Wei Wu
Shiv Kumar                       John M. Yae
Svetlana Kurilova                Haitao Zhai