American investment banker who was the driving force at Goldman Sachs in its formative period — pioneering commercial paper distribution and taking Goldman into the underwriting business — before resigning during World War I over his pro-German sympathies.
Built Goldman Sachs's commercial paper business and pushed the firm into underwriting equity — the 1906 Sears Roebuck IPO being Goldman's entry into the business that made it a major investment bank — transforming Goldman from a commercial paper dealer into an underwriting firm.
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