Goldman Sachs' new managing-director list is out — and it's the largest class in the firm's history (GS)

just announced a new class of 509 managing directors — the largest class in the firm's history.

The position is one of the most coveted on Wall Street, one step below partner at the prestigious investment-banking firm. The firm now has 2,148 managing directors, making up 7.1% of the company's workforce.

It's also one of the youngest classes the bank has promoted — 44% are millennials, up from 30% in 2015.

Other headline stats about the class:

The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE: GS) today announced that it has selected a new class of Managing Directors, effective from January 1, 2018, the start of the firm's next fiscal year.

"Our new Managing Directors have demonstrated an outstanding commitment to our people, clients and culture during their tenures at the firm, and we wish them continued success as they take this important next step in their careers," said Lloyd C. Blankfein, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Goldman Sachs.

The following individuals have been promoted to Managing Director:

Gregg AbramsonSanjay AcharyaKhalid AlbdahAmal AlibairKarthikeyan AnbalaganRolf AnderssonVolker AngerJonathan ArmstrongKen AshleyLavanya AshokSebastian AytonJonathan BabkowJulio BadiAmitayush BahriSoren BalzerRobert Barlick Jr.Philip BarrecaSantiago BauDavid BauerOksana BeardLee BeckerVirender BediStuart BeerChristian BeerliAmanda BeiselYumiko BekkuDavid BellPierre BenichouAndrew BenitoMarco BensiLaura BensonStephen BerginDaniel BerglundGreg BerryShital BhattDipanjan BhattacharjeeAnu BhavnaniCarissa BiggieVineet BirmanDaniel BitelAnne BlackRichard BloreEmmanuel BodensteinTimothy BraudeSean BrenanHugh BriscoeNathaniel BristolLeo BritoTroy BroderickLevee BrooksEric BrothersRobert Bruns IIIAnthony BunnellMeg BurkeSusan BurtSean ButkusRussell ByrneEdward ByunAdam CahillAlessandro CalaceCristiano CamargoKen CawleySwapan ChaddhaPatrick ChamberlainRichard ChambersDaphne ChanLily ChanBen ChanceGinger ChangVikram ChavaliAlex CheekJae Joon ChoiKen ChoiPaul ChoiDavid ClarkDenis ClearyDaniel Cleland-JamesAyanna ClunisPamela Codo-LottiJesse CohenPaul ColesSimon CoombesJenny CoscoPhilip CoureauNathan CowenMatthew Cox (Securities)Shaun CullinanChristine D'AgostinoEmile DaherHiren DasaniRussell DayPierre De BelenMerche del ValleCaitlin DeSantisJack DevaneyThomas DevosMats DewitteHristo DimitrovTim DinsdaleIsabella DislerChristian DitullioTerence DohertyYakut DonatNicola DondiBrian DongJason D'SilvaStefan DuffnerJane DunlevieMarie DuvalJulien DyonRohini EapenZach EcklerSayaka EdaJason EisenstadtChris EmmersonTiffany EngChendan EsvaranErkko EtulaLiz EwingMichael FargherMatteo FarinaLeigh FarrisSarah FaulknerTom FaviaBrett FeldmanJennifer FengJon FergusonAlex FieldHerbert FilhoAlex FinstonDean FlanaganGreg FlynnTrip FoleyAndrew Ho Kwon FongMoran FormanMichael FoxCaroline FraserDaniel FreckletonTim FreemanReto FreiGiles FrenchKirsten FrivoldMichael FuRob FuentesKenji FujimotoCarrie GannonChantal GarciaAkhil GargAlex GarnerNick GelberAndrew GentGizelle George-JosephAndrea GiftSean 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MurataDan MurphyJosh MurrayBrian MustoShehzad NabiDevarajan NambakamRamanathan NarayananGanapathy NatarajanDanielle NatoliMurad NayalKarim NensiScott NeuDennis NgKen NgBenjamin NganJoy NguyenSalman NiazAnders Nielsen (IMD)Howard NifoussiJun NikiLeah NivisonLaura NobleJames NolanLauren OakesLynn OberschmidtAllison O'ConnorJohn O'ConnorShunil OhrieDamian OrdishLeke OsinubiDavid OssackSathiya PadmanabanDanielle PallinSalvador ParejaDalmir PasiniClorinda PasquaChris PawsonParis PenderPatrick PerkinsPhilippe PerziWendy PetersAndy PhillipsFlavio PicciottoMichael PieckSam PirogThomas PlankJoseph PlotkinWade PodlichAshish PokharnaCaitlin PollakCharles PollockJoe PorterTravis PotterRohit PrabhuRichard PrivorotskyAndrew PucherJay RabinowitzAnkit RajHarsha RajamaniDmitry RakhlinYasser RathoreEdoardo RavaElizabeth ReedAlexandre ReinertStephen ReinhardIrfan RendeciChristian ReschAndrew RheeRiccardo RiboldiJames RinslerCaroline RiskeyHelen RobinsonMark RosenAmit RoyJoe RyanBernhard RzymelkaTakehiro SakuramotoJohn SalesRob SarazenVineeta SaxenaDominik SchaeferAndrea ScottMajid SebtiBipin SehgalArseni SereginIrma SgarzPaulomi ShahShreyas ShahSunny ShahFaisal ShamseeDaniel ShapiroMahesh SharmaShripal SharmaMai ShinRomy ShiodaToshimichi ShiraiMark ShortPankauz ShresthaDavid ShrimptonObaid SiddiquiMike SidorovScott SilverglateStefani SilversteinAmy SilverzweigJasdeep SinghGabriella SkirnickMichael SklowMaxine SleeperMichael SlomienskiMichael SloyerNicholas Smith (IBD)Ruth SmithsonChristine SmythBen SniderStacy SonnenbergCleaver SowerRo SpazianiBrian SteeleJohannes SteffensDuncan StewartStephen StitesLaurent StoroniCaroline StyantJoel SulkesMancy SunWinnie TamNachiket TamhaneKen TangMK TangAmish TannaMelissa TengRoss TennenbaumGreg ThompsonFiona ThomsonJustin TobeJason TofskyBrad TuthillMasahiro UchiyamaNehal UdeshiSaad UsmaniMeg VadenPramod VaidyanathanAdam Van de BergheFred van der WyckSuzanne van StaverenAndrew VassMahesh VellankiKadambari VermaChristopher VilburnIva VukinaHeng VuongKetan VyasJoe WallJeffrey WangJiantao WangJoshua WangLily Wang (Technology)Sherry WangVictoria Ward (Compliance)Jeff WarrenNoriko WatanabeRamey WatkinsSam WatkinsHeiko WeberNiki WebsterScott WeinsteinRyan WestmacottJames WestwoodKeith WetzelMark WetzelJames WhittinghamSabine WickRobert WieserDevin WildeDavid WilkinsJohn WilkinsonAndrew WilliamsEd Wong (IBD Technology)Eric Wong (Internal Audit)Kate WoodAmanda WuDouglas WuJoanne XuLiang Xu**Rupam YadavKazushi YamaguchiHubert YangLisa YangBasak YavuzZeynep YenelDavid YuBrian ZakrockiThomas ZeppetellaYi Zhang*Adib ZoueinPatrik ZumsteinPiotr ZurawskiJonathan Zwart

*Employee of Goldman Sachs Gao Hua Securities Company Limited**Employee of Beijing Gao Hua Securities Company Limited