WEB1 day ago · In 1869, Goldman Sachs was founded by Marcus Goldman in New York City in a one-room basement office next to a coal chute.[7] [8] [9] In 1882, Goldman's son-in-law Samuel Sachs joined the firm. [10] [11] In 1885, Goldman's son, Henry Goldman, and his son-in-law, Ludwig Dreyfuss, joined the business and the firm adopted its present name, …