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Goldman alums team up to cater to the super-rich


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Two of Goldman Sachs’s most successful investment bankers over the past two decades, Byron Trott and Gregg Lemkau, are joining forces to build a behemoth $50bn investment and advisory firm to cater to the super-rich.

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This story originally appeared on: Financial Times - Author:Francesca Friday