A market sell-off and a career-changing call: Inside Jake Woodson's first day as a Goldman partner

Jake Woodson, a former Rising Star of Wall Street, is one of Goldman's youngest new partners. After a chaotic day, Woodson celebrated with colleagues at a pub and had a quiet dinner with his mom. The trader brought Business Insider inside the big day and shared what he plans to do with the title. Thursday, November 5, was among Jake Woodson's more chaotic days as a trader at Goldman Sachs. AI stocks were plummeting after the midterms, all three benchmark indexes were falling, and, in the middle of it all, Woodson's phone was ringing with one of the most important calls of his career. Everyone on the trading floor went quiet as Woodson, 34, said hello to firm president John Waldron, who congratulated him on being promoted to partner, Goldman's highest-ranking title outside the C-Suite.

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