‘Government Sachs’ Is Back as Germany Promotes Goldman Alumnus
- Draghi, Paulson, Sunak all worked at Goldman before government
- German finance chief Kukies once ran Goldman’s German division
Joerg Kukies during an official ceremony in Berlin, Germany, on Nov. 7.
Photographer: Krisztian Bocsi/BloombergA former Goldman Sachs Group Inc. executive is once again sitting at the top table of international economic policymaking.
With the appointment of Joerg Kukies as Germany’s new finance minister, there’s a near unbroken record of Goldman Sachs alumnus serving as prime minister, finance minister or central bank chief in at least one Group of Seven nation since early-2006.