MIT World Speakers

John Thain '77

Prior to taking over the NYSE, John Thain was president and chief operating officer of Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. He became president and co-chief operating officer of The Goldman Sachs Group, L.P. in 1999. From 1994 to 1999, he served as chief financial officer and head of operations, technology and finance. From 1995 to 1997, he was also co-chief executive officer for European operations.

Thain is a member of The MIT Corporation, the Dean's Advisory Council – MIT/Sloan School of Management, INSEAD – U.S. National Advisory Board, the James Madison Council of the Library of Congress and the Federal Reserve Bank of New York's International Capital Markets Advisory Committee. He is also a General Trustee of Howard University.

Thain received an M.B.A. from Harvard University in 1979 and a B.S. from MIT in 1977.