Richard A. Friedman
Co-Head of Merchant Banking
Goldman, Sachs & Co.

Richard Friedman is the Co-Head of the Merchant Banking Division and the Head of the Principal Investment Area (“PIA”) at Goldman, Sachs & Co. PIA is one of the world’s largest private equity funds having invested more than $14 billion in over 500 companies since 1986 and currently investing from the $5.3 billion GS Capital Partners 2000 private equity fund and $2.7 billion GS Mezzanine Partners III fund. PIA has committed over $1.5 billion of capital in 2003 in over 20 companies.

Mr. Friedman joined Goldman Sachs in 1981 and became a partner in 1990. He is Chairman of the Firm’s Investment Committee and a member of the Firm’s Management Committee and Real Estate Principal Investment Committee.

He serves on the Boards of Directors of Burger King Corporation, Carmike Cinemas, Inc., Polo Ralph Lauren Corporation, Yankee Entertainment and Sports Network (YES) and Nalco Company. He also serves on the Boards of Trustees of Mount Sinai Hospital and the Horace Mann School.

Rich received an M.B.A. from the University of Chicago in 1981 and an A.B. from Brown in 1979. He lives with his wife, Susan, and their two children in New York City.