Walter E. Sachs


Walter Edward Sachs was an American banker and financier.

Biography

He was born on May 28, 1884 in Manhattan, New York City to Samuel Sachs and Louisa Goldman of the Goldman–Sachs family. He was an alumnus of Harvard Business School.
Sachs was a partner at Goldman Sachs starting in 1928, guiding the company through the Great Depression.
He married Mary Williamson in 1939 and divorced in 1960.
He retired as a partner in 1959 to become a limited partner. He died at his home in Darien, Connecticut on August 21, 1980.