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Goldman Sachs' Spectacular Road TripIn the partners' 30th-floor dining room at Goldman, Sachs & Co., some of the richest men on Wall Street still chortle when investment banking co-chief Mike Overlock retells his story about traveling to Italy a few years ago to drum up business. In a meeting with executives of an Italian industrial company, Overlock was briefly stunned when one of them asked if Goldman was a Manhattan real estate brokerage firm. Without missing a beat, Overlock proceeded to describe his firm's capital structuNovember 1, 1993
business
Plugged Into The Wireless WorldLars Ramqvist learned the valuable lesson from his father, a mining foreman, that hard work pays off. Now, he's enjoying some of the rewards. Last summer, after three grueling years as president of L.M. Ericsson, the Swedish telecommunications equipment maker, Ramqvist cashed in about $2 million in company stock to buy a private hunting reserve near the Baltic Sea. From his new digs in a 16th century chateau, he can roam the 1,500 acres south of Stockholm stalking wild boar, moose, and other gamOctober 4, 1993