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Struggling with the gender pay gap, Goldman Sachs releases diversity hiring plan
- Senior Goldman Sachs execs distributed a note on diversity targets in hiring for 2019.
- Goldman is stepping up hiring of minorities, but needs to address the gender pay gap.

Goldman Sachs has revealed minority hiring targets as it prepares to level up the diversify of its workforce, according to a memo penned by top executives on Monday.
What's happening: Goldman's CEO David Solomon, COO John Waldron, and CFO Stephen Scherr sent a memo out to all GS employees with diversity hiring targets this upcoming year.
In terms of its incoming analyst class, Goldman intends to hire in the Americas:
- 50 percent women
- 11 percent black professionals
- 14 percent Hispanic/Latino professionals