Henry Cornell is a Managing Director of Goldman Sachs. He is the Chief Operating Officer of the Merchant Banking Division, which includes all of the firm's corporate, real estate and infrastructure investment activities. He is a member of the global Merchant Banking Investment Committees. Mr. Cornell serves on the Board of Directors of First Marblehead Corporation, Cobalt International Energy, Kinder Morgan, Inc., USI Holdings Corporation, and McJunkin Red Man Corporation. Mr. Cornell is the Chairman of The Citizens Committee of New York City, Treasurer and Trustee of the Whitney Museum of American Art, a Trustee of Grinnell College (and Chairman of the Investment Committee), a member of The Council on Foreign Relations, Trustee Emeritus of the Asia Society, a Trustee and Chairman of the Investment Committee of the Japan Society, and a member of Sotheby's International Advisory Board. He earned a B.A. from Grinnell College in 1976 and a J.D. from New York Law School in 1981. Mr. Cornell practiced law with the firm of Davis, Polk & Wardwell from 1981 to 1984 in New York and London. Mr. Cornell joined GS & Co in 1984. He is married and has three children.
