She’s Joining Goldman’s Most Elite Tier, as Its Youngest Banker

  • Stephanie Cohen among four named last week to management panel
  • Promotion follows ascent through M&A world dominated by men
Bloomberg’s Sridhar Natarajan explains how Goldman Sachs is shaking up the Wall Street Boys Club.(Source: Bloomberg)
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The venue was the Gotham Club -- an exclusive den inside the San Francisco Giants’ home stadium. It’s the ultimate man-cave.

It was here on an evening last December when roughly 100 women from the investment banking world gathered at an event billed as a leadership dinner. The caucus started as a small gathering a decade ago organized by Stephanie Cohen -- then an up-and-coming banker at Goldman Sachs, who was vexed by the chummy boys network that’s long dominated the business of guiding mergers and acquisitions.