What's so special about Goldman Sachs? - By Daniel Gross

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John Whitehead, co-chairman and senior partner at the firm from 1976 to 1984, served as a deputy secretary of state in the Reagan administration and in 2001 was tapped to chair the Lower Manhattan Development Corp. Robert Rubin, co-senior partner and co-chairman from 1990 to 1992, served with distinction in the Clinton White House and as treasury secretary. Jon Corzine, senior partner from 1994 to 1998, graduated to the Senate and is now chief executive of the state of New Jersey. John Thain, president of Goldman between 1999 and 2003, runs the New York Stock Exchange. And Goldman has been virtually the sole source of Wall Street talent in the Bush administration. Rubin's co-senior partner and successor, Stephen Friedman, headed Bush's National Economic Council during the first term. White House Chief of Staff Josh Bolten also worked at Goldman.