David Viniar

David A. Viniar
Alma mater	Union College (B.A.) Harvard Business School (M.B.A.)[1]
Occupation	Chief Financial Officer
Employer	Goldman Sachs
Salary	$1.1M USD (2008)[2]
Children	4[1]

David A. Viniar has been Executive V.P. and CFO at Goldman Sachs since 1999. He is Cuban-American with both of his parents being born in Cuba.

A 1972 alumnus of The Bronx High School of Science,^[3] Viniar graduated from Union College, New York in 1976. He then attended Harvard Business School, earning an MBA in 1980.^[1] After receiving the MBA, Viniar joined Goldman Sachs where he has remained since. He became a partner in 1992, a managing director in 1996 and executive vice president and chief financial officer in 1999.^[1] He has been the head of Operations, Technology, Finance and Services Division since December 2002.

Viniar headed the Finance Division and co-head of Credit Risk Management and Advisory and Firmwide Risk from December 2001 to December 2002. He co-headed Operations, Finance and Resources from March 1999 to December 2001. He was CFO of the Goldman Sachs Group, L.P. from March 1999 to May 1999. From July 1998 until March 1999, he was Deputy Chief Financial Officer and from 1994 until July 1998, he was head of Finance, with responsibility for Controllers and Treasury. From 1992-94, he was head of Treasury and prior to that was in the Structured Finance Department of Investment Banking.^[4]

Senate Testimony

Viniar testified in front of the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations on Tuesday, April 27, 2010 regarding the role of investment banks in the financial crisis that began in 2007 and, specifically, the role of Goldman Sachs in that crisis.^[5]

Affiliations

David Viniar serves on the Board of Trustees of Union College and is a member of the Board of Trustees of both Children's Aid and Family Services and the Financial Accounting Foundation.^[6]

Family

David Viniar is married with four children.

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d} David Viniar '76: Making hoop dreams come true, Union College, 2005-08-11, http://www.union.edu/N/DS/edition_display.php?e=1374&s=5909, retrieved 2009-03-24 
2. ^ David A. Viniar profile, Forbes.com, http://people.forbes.com/profile/david-a-viniar/37701, retrieved 2009-12-15 
3. ^ "Accolades: David Viniar '76: Making hoop dreams come true". Union College. August 11, 2005. http://www.union.edu/N/DS/edition_display.php?e=1374&s=5909. Retrieved 15 April 2011. 
4. ^ Forbes. http://people.forbes.com/profile/david-a-viniar/37701. 
5. ^ Notice of upcoming testimony by David Viniar to the United States Senate Permanent Subcommittee, April 26, 2010
6. ^ Profile of Viniar at Businessweek

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