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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Kalyeena Makortoff Banking correspondent

Goldman Sachs boss takes 30% pay cut to $25m amid turbulent year

David Solomon (Chairman, Chief Executive officer Goldman Sachs) watches Basketball, Madison Square Garden, New York
David Solomon, Goldman Sachs’ chairman and CEO, watches basketball at Madison Square Garden, New York, earlier this month.
Photograph: Michael Simon/Rex/Shutterstock

Goldman Sachs has slashed its chief executive’s pay packet by almost 30% after a turbulent year that resulted in one of the largest round of job cuts in the Wall Street lender’s history.

The bank revealed on Friday that David Solomon had been paid $25m (£20m) for 2022, down from $35m a year earlier, after the bank revealed a 50% drop in annual profits following a slump in dealmaking. Solomon’s pay included a $2m base salary and $23m in bonuses.

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