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2026-02-17 11:14:17
[Following Trump's Anti-DEI Campaign, Goldman Sachs Plans to Remove Diversity Factors from Board Selection Criteria] Sources familiar with the matter revealed that Goldman Sachs is preparing to remove race, gender identity, sexual orientation, and other diversity-related factors from its board's criteria for evaluating potential candidates. Since taking office last year, US President Trump has launched a broad campaign against government and private sector diversity, fairness, and inclusion (DEI) practices, calling them discriminatory. Under pressure from the Trump administration, several corporate giants, including Morgan Stanley and Citigroup, have softened their diversity commitments. It is understood that Goldman Sachs made this decision at the request of the conservative activist group, the nonprofit National Center for Law and Policy. As a minority shareholder in Goldman Sachs, the center submitted a proposal last September urging the company to eliminate DEI criteria.
