POWER OF ATTORNEY

     The undersigned does hereby appoint Beverly L. O'Toole, Jamie A. Greenberg,
Alice Z.Chen, Jamison Yardley and Jennifer Lee (and any other employee of The
Goldman Sachs Group,Inc. (the "Company") or one of its affiliates designated in
writing by one of the other attorneys appointed hereby) his lawful attorneys,
and each of them his true and lawful attorney, with power to act without the
other, and with full power of substitution and resubstitution, to prepare,
execute and file, or cause to be prepared, executed and filed, with the U.S.
Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") for him and in his name in
connection with certain transactions in common stock, par value $.01 per share
(the  "Common Stock"), of the Company:


     1. the Initial Statement of Beneficial Ownership of Securities on Form 3,
        any Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership on Form 4 and any
        Annual Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership on Form 5, or any
        similar or successor form, which may be required to be filed by him
        pursuant to Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
        amended;
     2. one or more Forms 144, or amendments to Form 144, relating to any sales
        orders (including in connection with the exercise of options to purchase
        Common Stock), orally or electronically, to sell shares of Common Stock
        to the public from time to time in accordance with Rule 144 under the
        Securities Act of 1933, as amended; and
     3. any and all instruments necessary or incidental to any action listed
        above, including communications to the SEC, The New York Stock Exchange
        and state securities law authorities.

     The undersigned hereby grants unto said attorneys and each of them full
power and authority to do and perform in the name and on behalf of the
undersigned, and in any and all capacities, every act and thing whatsoever
required or necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully and to all
intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby
ratifying and approving the act of said attorneys and each of them.

     This power of attorney shall not be affected by the subsequent disability
or incompetence of the principal. This power of attorney shall remain in full
force and effect until either revoked in writing by the undersigned or, with
respect to any attorney, until such time as said attorney ceases to be an
employee of the Company or one of its affiliates, if earlier.


     IN WITNESS thereof the undersigned hereunto signed his name this 1st day of
November 2019.


                                /s/ Brian J. Lee
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                                Brian J. Lee