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| nationality = South African<ref name="strl2017richlist">{{cite news|title=Rich List 2017|work=The Sunday Times Magazine|date=7 May 2017|page=131}}</ref>
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| alma mater = [[University of Cape Town]]<br/>[[University of Cambridge]]
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| occupation = Investment banker
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| networth = £130 million <small>(2017)</small><ref name="strl2017richlist"/>
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'''Richard Gnodde''' (born March 1960<ref>{{cite web |title=Richard John GNODDE - Personal Appointments |url=https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/officers/1jcq9BckwKy48u0NskA1z926YgU/appointments |website=beta.companieshouse.gov.uk |accessdate=7 December 2019 |language=en}}</ref>) is a London-based South African investment banker. He is the vice chairman of [[Goldman Sachs]] and the chief executive officer of Goldman Sachs International.

==Early life==
Richard Gnodde graduated from the [[University of Cape Town]], where he earned a bachelor of commerce degree, and the [[University of Cambridge]], where he earned a master's degree in law.<ref name="bloombergbio">{{cite web|title=Company Overview of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.: Richard John Gnodde|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=5114549&privcapId=398625|website=Bloomberg|accessdate=28 July 2017}}</ref> 

==Career==
Gnodde began his career at Goldman Sachs in London in 1987.<ref name="bloombergbio"/> Over the course of his career, he worked in Japan, Singapore and Hong Kong.<ref name="goldmansachsbio"/> He became a managing director in 1996 and partner in 1998.<ref name="goldmansachsbio">{{cite web|title=Richard J. Gnodde|url=http://www.goldmansachs.com/who-we-are/leadership/management-committee/richard-j-gnodde.html|website=Goldman Sachs|accessdate=28 July 2017}}</ref> In 2006, he became the co-chief executive officer of Goldman Sachs International alongside [[Michael Sherwood (banker)|Michael Sherwood]].<ref name="goldmansachsbio"/> 

Since Sherwood's retirement in 2016, Gnodde has been the CEO of Goldman Sachs International as well as vice chairman of Goldman Sachs.<ref name="theguardianquitsgoldman">{{cite news|last1=Treanor|first1=Jill|title=Michael Sherwood quits Goldman Sachs role|url=https://www.theguardian.com/business/2016/nov/21/michael-sherwood-quits-goldman-sachs-europe-role-bhs|accessdate=28 July 2017|work=The Guardian|date=21 November 2016}}</ref> According to the ''Financial Times'', he is "in sole charge of the [[EMEA|Emea area]]."<ref name="ftgoldmanputsitsfaithin">{{cite news|last1=Guthrie|first1=Jonathan|title=Goldman puts its faith in Gnodde|url=https://www.ft.com/content/8971030c-afd1-11e6-9c37-5787335499a0|accessdate=28 July 2017|work=Financial Times|date=November 21, 2016}}</ref> In March 2017, Gnodde said Goldman Sachs would move jobs to the continent because of Brexit.<ref name="cnbcgoldmansachsconfirms">{{cite news|last1=Acton|first1=Gemma|title=Goldman Sachs confirms London jobs will move to Europe in first stage of Brexit reshuffle|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2017/03/21/goldman-sachs-confirms-london-jobs-will-move-to-europe-in-first-stage-of-brexit-reshuffle.html|accessdate=28 July 2017|work=CNBC|date=21 March 2017}}</ref>

Gnodde attended the 2019 Bilderberg meeting in Montreax, Switzerland between 30 May - 20 June 2019

In the summer of 2019, Gnodde had charges levied against him by the Malaysian government in connection with the [[1MDB scandal]]. The charges were later dropped.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Burton|first=Lucy|date=2020-09-04|title=Malaysia drops criminal charges against Goldman Sachs after it paid $3.9bn to settle 1MDB scandal|language=en-GB|work=The Telegraph|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2020/09/04/malaysia-drops-criminal-charges-against-goldman-sachsafter-paid/|access-date=2020-09-18|issn=0307-1235}}</ref>⏎
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==Personal life==
Gnodde serves on the board of trust of his alma mater, the University of Cape Town.<ref name="capetowntrustboard">{{cite web|title=Board of Trustees|url=http://ucttrust.org.uk/about-us/board-of-trustees/|website=The University of Cape Town Trust|accessdate=28 July 2017}}</ref> He is also on the corporate advisory group of [[Tate]].<ref name="tate">{{cite web|title=Membership of the Tate Board's Council and Committees|url=http://www.tate.org.uk/download/file/fid/108405|website=Tate|accessdate=28 July 2017}}</ref> In 2009, he attended a fundraising dinner for the [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]].<ref name="independentcarlton">{{cite news|last1=Pagano|first1=Margareta|title=Dinner at the Carlton: The New Tory power brokers|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/analysis-and-features/dinner-at-the-carlton-the-new-tory-power-brokers-1793736.html|accessdate=28 July 2017|work=The Independent|date=26 September 2009}}</ref>

Gnodde is one of the highest paid investment bankers in the UK.<ref name="eveningstandardforget">{{cite news|title=Forget £269,000 – the real Goldman Sachs pay figure is £5m|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/business/markets/forget-269000-the-real-goldman-sachs-pay-figure-is-5m-6558902.html|accessdate=28 July 2017|work=London Evening Standard|date=24 January 2011}}</ref> In 2016, he was the tenth best-paid employee at Goldman Sachs's London office.<ref name="efinancialbutcher">{{cite web|last1=Butcher|first1=Sarah|title=The 45 most highly paid people at Goldman Sachs and J.P. Morgan in London?|url=http://news.efinancialcareers.com/uk-en/247853/highest-paid-people-at-goldman-sachs-j-p-morgan/|website=Efinancialcareers.com|accessdate=28 July 2017|date=20 June 2016}}</ref> He is worth an estimated £130 million according to [[Sunday Times Rich List 2017]].<ref name="strl2017richlist"/>

Gnodde has a wife, Kara.<ref name="standardcityspy">{{cite news|title=City Spy: Bringing the wife pays off for Kew|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/business/cityspy/city-spy-bringing-the-wife-pays-off-for-kew-9444089.html|accessdate=28 July 2017|work=London Evening Standard|date=28 May 2014}}</ref>


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