21. Guest Lecture by Paolo Zanonni, Part I

Capitalism: Success, Crisis and Reform (PLSC 270)

Guest speaker Paolo Zanonni, partner at Goldman Sachs, discusses the firm's transition from a straight partnership to a hybrid partnership/joint stock corporation. The impetus for the transition was obtain the advantages of the joint stock corporation, especially in raising permanent capital, while maintaining the beneficial incentive structure of a partnership. The partnership selection process, which fosters leadership, entrepreneurialism, and conformity to the firm's corporate culture, has remained virtually unchanged since Goldman's IPO. Mr. Zanonni describes the corporate culture and values of the firm as seen from the inside.

00:00 - Chapter 1. Introduction and Course Agenda
01:44 - Chapter 2. Paulo Zanonni before Goldman Sachs
06:20 - Chapter 3. Paulo Zanonni at Goldman Sachs
20:49 - Chapter 4. Partnership Selection at Goldman Sachs
41:58 - Chapter 5. Goldman Sachs, Government and Society

Complete course materials are available at the Open Yale Courses website: http://open.yale.edu/courses

This course was recorded in Fall 2009.

Category:

Education

Tags:

• Goldman
• Sachs
• IPO
• partnership
• Zanonni
• evaluation
• incentive
• risk