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Women aren’t getting the big jobs at Goldman Sachs, and they’re heading for the exits

The Wall Street giant pledged to bring more women into senior ranks. Instead, top talent says better opportunities are elsewhere.

David Solomon has made promoting more women a priority
David Solomon has made promoting more women a priority Photo: Getty Images for Vox Media

When David Solomon became CEO of Goldman Sachs just over five years ago, he made promoting women to senior levels of the firm a priority. On Monday, he’ll host several women partners for dinner at his Manhattan apartment where he’ll face questions on why that hasn’t worked out.

Roughly two-thirds of the women who were partners at the end of 2018 have left the firm or no longer have the title, a Wall Street Journal analysis found. The same can be said of just under half of male partners at the time.

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