Exhibit 23.1
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
Registration Statements on Form S-8
(No. 333-42068)
(No. 333-80839)
Registration Statements on Form S-3
(No. 333-49958)
(No. 333-34042)
(No. 333-90677)
(No. 333-75213)
(No. 333-36178)
We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in the above referenced Registration Statements of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. and Subsidiaries (the “Company”) of our report dated January 26, 2001, relating to the consolidated statement of financial condition and the related consolidated statements of income, changes in members’ equity and cash flows of SLK LLC and Subsidiaries, which appears in this Current Report on Form 8-K of the Company dated February 16, 2001.
/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
New York, New York
February 16, 2001