WELCOME TO ATLANTA: Inside Goldman Sachs' plan to move dealmaking beyond Wall Street and Silicon Val

Last year, the Goldman Sachs partner David Dase uprooted his family and moved to Atlanta to start a new investment-banking office for the firm. The move was part of a broader effort by Goldman Sachs to penetrate regional business hubs, including Dallas, Seattle, and Toronto. The initiative is a key component in achieving the firm's goal of covering more than 1,000 new companies and adding $500 million in new investment-banking revenue. Starting from scratch, Dase quickly enmeshed himself in...