Marcus Goldman

”’Marcus Goldman”’ (December 9, 1821 – July 20, 1904) was an investment banker of [[Ashkenazi Jews|German Jewish descent]], businessman, and financier. He was born in [[Trappstadt]], [[Kingdom of Bavaria|Bavaria]] and immigrated to the United States in 1848.<ref name=”Kappner2008″>{{cite news |first=Cordula |last=Kappner |title=Marcus Goldmann und der amerikanische Traum |url=http://www.mainpost.de/lokales/hassberge/Hassbergkreis-Investment-Bank-Goldman-Sachs;art1726,4391887 |work=Mainpost |language=de |date=2008-03-12 }}</ref> He was the founder of [[Goldman Sachs]], which has since become one of the world’s largest [[investment bank]]s.<ref>{{Cite news| url =https://www.forbes.com/2010/05/21/goldman-sachs-fraud-case-personal-finance-gs.html|title= The Evolution Of Goldman Sachs|author=Andrew Beattie |work=[[Forbes]] |date =May 21, 2010}}</ref>

”’Marcus Goldman”’ (December 9, 1821 – July 20, 1904) was an investment banker of [[Ashkenazi Jews|German Jewish descent]], businessman, and financier. He was born in [[Trappstadt]], [[Kingdom of Bavaria|Bavaria]] and immigrated to the United States in 1848.<ref name=”Kappner2008″>{{cite news |first=Cordula |last=Kappner |title=Marcus Goldmann und der amerikanische Traum |url=http://www.mainpost.de/lokales/hassberge/Hassbergkreis-Investment-Bank-Goldman-Sachs;art1726,4391887 |work=Mainpost |language=de |date=2008-03-12 }}</ref> He was the founder of [[Goldman Sachs]], which has since become one of the world’s largest [[investment bank]]s.<ref>{{Cite news| url =https://www.forbes.com/2010/05/21/goldman-sachs-fraud-case-personal-finance-gs.html|title= The Evolution Of Goldman Sachs|author=Andrew Beattie |work=[[Forbes]] |date =May 21, 2010}}</ref>

== Early life ==

==Early life==

Marcus Goldman was born Mark Goldmann on December 9, 1821 in [[Trappstadt]], Bavaria, Germany.<ref name=”whenmoney7″>{{cite book|last1=Breton Fisher|first1=June|title=When Money Was in Fashion: Henry Goldman, Goldman Sachs and the Founding of Wall Street|url=https://archive.org/details/whenmoneywasinfa0000fish|url-access=registration|date=2010|publisher=Palgrave Macmillan|location=New York|isbn=9780230617506|oclc=562769185|pages=[https://archive.org/details/whenmoneywasinfa0000fish/page/7 7–8]}}</ref><ref>[http://www.mainpost.de/regional/hassberge/Sachs;art1726,4391887 Marcus Goldmann und der amerikanische Traum], by Cordula Kappner, 12. März 2008 , mainpost.de (in German)</ref> His father, Wolf Goldmann, was a farmer and cattle dealer.<ref name=”whenmoney7″/> His mother, Bella Katz Oberbrunner, who came from [[Zeil am Main]], was widowed with five children from a former marriage; her first husband was called Samuel Oberbrunner.<ref name=”whenmoney7″/> His family was [[Ashkenazi Jew]]ish. His paternal grandfather was called Jonathan Marx until he changed his name to Goldmann when Jews were allowed to have surnames in 1811.<ref name=”whenmoney7″/> While attending classes at the synagogue in [[Würzburg]], he met Joseph Sachs, who would become his lifelong friend.<ref>Caplan, Sheri J. [http://www.immigrantentrepreneurship.org/entry.php?rec=100 “Marcus Goldman.”] In ”Immigrant Entrepreneurship: German-American Business Biographies, 1720 to the Present”, vol. 2, edited by William J. Hausman. German Historical Institute. Last modified May 07, 2015.</ref>

Mark Goldmann was born on December 9, 1821, in [[Trappstadt]], [[Bavaria]], Germany, to a [[Ashkenazi Jews|Jewish]] family.<ref name=”whenmoney7″>{{cite book|last1=Breton Fisher|first1=June|title=When Money Was in Fashion: Henry Goldman, Goldman Sachs and the Founding of Wall Street|url=https://archive.org/details/whenmoneywasinfa0000fish|url-access=registration|date=2010|publisher=Palgrave Macmillan|location=New York|isbn=9780230617506|oclc=562769185|pages=[https://archive.org/details/whenmoneywasinfa0000fish/page/7 7–8]}}</ref><ref>[http://www.mainpost.de/regional/hassberge/Sachs;art1726,4391887 Marcus Goldmann und der amerikanische Traum], by Cordula Kappner, 12. März 2008 , mainpost.de (in German)</ref> His father, Wolf Goldmann, was a farmer and cattle dealer.<ref name=”whenmoney7″/> His mother, Bella Katz Oberbrunner, who came from [[Zeil am Main]], was widowed with five children from a former marriage; her first husband was called Samuel Oberbrunner.<ref name=”whenmoney7″/> His paternal grandfather was called Jonathan Marx until he changed his name to Goldmann when Jews were allowed to have surnames in 1811.<ref name=”whenmoney7″/> While attending classes at the synagogue in [[Würzburg]], he met Joseph Sachs, who would become his lifelong friend.<ref>Caplan, Sheri J. [http://www.immigrantentrepreneurship.org/entry.php?rec=100 “Marcus Goldman.”] In ”Immigrant Entrepreneurship: German-American Business Biographies, 1720 to the Present”, vol. 2, edited by William J. Hausman. German Historical Institute. Last modified May 07, 2015.</ref>

Goldman immigrated to the United States from [[Free City of Frankfurt|Frankfurt am Main]], [[German Confederation|Germany]], in 1848 during the first great wave of [[American Jew|Jewish immigration to America]], resulting from the [[Revolutions of 1848 in the German states]]. Upon his arrival in America, his name was changed to Marcus Goldman by US immigration.<ref name=”whenmoney17″>{{cite book|last1=Breton Fisher|first1=June|title=When Money Was in Fashion: Henry Goldman, Goldman Sachs and the Founding of Wall Street|url=https://archive.org/details/whenmoneywasinfa0000fish|url-access=registration|date=2010|publisher=Palgrave Macmillan|location=New York|isbn=9780230617506|oclc=562769185|pages=[https://archive.org/details/whenmoneywasinfa0000fish/page/17 17–18]}}</ref>

Goldman immigrated to the United States from [[Free City of Frankfurt|Frankfurt am Main]], [[German Confederation|Germany]], in 1848 during the first great wave of [[American Jew|Jewish immigration to America]], resulting from the [[Revolutions of 1848 in the German states]]. Upon his arrival in America, his name was changed to Marcus Goldman by US immigration.<ref name=”whenmoney17″>{{cite book|last1=Breton Fisher|first1=June|title=When Money Was in Fashion: Henry Goldman, Goldman Sachs and the Founding of Wall Street|url=https://archive.org/details/whenmoneywasinfa0000fish|url-access=registration|date=2010|publisher=Palgrave Macmillan|location=New York|isbn=9780230617506|oclc=562769185|pages=[https://archive.org/details/whenmoneywasinfa0000fish/page/17 17–18]}}</ref>