Eric Dobkin

Dobkin is a Senior Advisor of Starr Investment Holdings, an active leader in the business and a member of the Valuation Committee. Previously, Dobkin was an advisory director to the Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., and chairman emeritus of Global Equity Capital Markets, having served as its founder and head from 1985 to 1997. Prior to that, he served as manager of the Restricted Stock Group from 1979 to 1985 and manager of the Chicago Institutional Department from 1973 to 1978. Eric joined Goldman Sachs in 1967 in Institutional Sales in Philadelphia and became a partner in 1982. He served as a member of the Operating Committee from 1996 to 1998 and continues to serve as a member of the Commitments Committee, Firm-wide Suitability Committee and Firm-wide Capital Committee. Eric is known by many as "the father of the modern-day IPO." In 1998, Eric was awarded the first Lifetime Achievement Award by International Financial Review (IFR). In 2004, he received the Special Award for Equities in celebration of IFR's 30th anniversary. Eric earned an AB from Marietta College in 1964 and an MBA from Harvard Business School in 1967. In 1995, he earned an honorary LLD from Marietta College, where he serves as an emeritus trustee. Eric is a member of the Board of Governors of The Museum of Arts and Design in New York, and the LP Advisory Board of CCMP Capital Partners.