<p>The undersigned does hereby appoint Beverly L. O'Toole, Jamie A.<br /> Greenberg, Alice Z. Chen, Jamison Yardley and Jennifer Lee (and<br /> any other employee of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (the<br /> "Company") or one of its affiliates designated in writing by one<br /> of the other attorneys appointed hereby) her lawful attorneys,<br /> and each of them her true and lawful attorney, with power to act<br /> without the other, and with full power of substitution and<br /> resubstitution, to prepare, execute and file, or cause to be<br /> prepared, executed and filed, with the U.S. Securities and<br /> Exchange Commission (the "SEC") for her and in her name in<br /> connection with certain transactions in common stock, par value<br /> $.01 per share (the "Common Stock"), of the Company:<br /> <br /> the Initial Statement of Beneficial Ownership of Securities on<br /> Form 3, any Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership on Form<br /> 4 and any Annual Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership on<br /> Form 5, or any similar or successor form, which may be required<br /> to be filed by her pursuant to Section 16 of the Securities<br /> Exchange Act of 1934, as amended;<br /> one or more Forms 144, or amendments to Form 144, relating to<br /> any sales orders (including in connection with the exercise of<br /> options to purchase Common Stock), orally or electronically, to<br /> sell shares of Common Stock to the public from time to time in<br /> accordance with Rule 144 under the Securities Act of 1933, as<br /> amended; and<br /> any and all instruments necessary or incidental to any action<br /> listed above, including communications to the SEC, The New York<br /> Stock Exchange and state securities law authorities.<br /> <br /> The undersigned hereby grants unto said attorneys and each of<br /> them full power and authority to do and perform in the name and<br /> on behalf of the undersigned, and in any and all capacities,<br /> every act and thing whatsoever required or necessary to be done<br /> in and about the premises, as fully and to all intents and<br /> purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby<br /> ratifying and approving the act of said attorneys and each of<br /> them.<br /> <br /> This power of attorney shall not be affected by the subsequent<br /> disability or incompetence of the principal. This power of<br /> attorney shall remain in full force and effect until either<br /> revoked in writing by the undersigned or, with respect to any<br /> attorney, until such time as said attorney ceases to be an<br /> employee of the Company or one of its affiliates, if earlier.<br /> <br /> IN WITNESS thereof the undersigned hereunto signed her name this<br /> 25th day of October, 2019.<br /> <br /> <br /> /s/ Sheara J. Fredman<br /> <br /> <br /> Sheara J. Fredman<br /> </p>