Gen Zer quits Goldman Sachs after clash over ‘Investment Baker’ social media side hustle

Nypost · Jun 08, 2026 · 581 words · By Ariel Zilber

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Gen Zer quits Goldman Sachs after clash over ‘Investment Baker’ social media side hustle See more of our coverage in your search results.

Why it matters

Add The New York Post on GoogleA Goldman Sachs employee who built a social media following as the “Investment Baker” says repeated scrutiny from the firm’s compliance department helped push her to leave Wall Street last year and pursue baking full time.

Common ground

Allison Sheehan, 27, told Fortune that Goldman compliance officials took issue with her use of the word “investment” in her social media handles and instructed her to remove posts documenting her life as a baker while working as a wealth manager.

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Claim 1: “Cake output increased by roughly 300%, with Sheehan producing between 10 and 30 desserts each week”

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A web search result explicitly mentions that after quitting Goldman, she ramped up production by 300%, producing 10 to 30 cakes a week.

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Claim 2: “She first worked in equity trading operations at the firm’s Salt Lake City office before transferring to New York in 2022.”

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The search results for this claim are irrelevant, focusing on 'Allison Transmission' rather than the individual Allison Sheehan.

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web search NEUTRAL — Allison Transmission Holdings, Inc. is an American manufacturer of commercial duty automatic transmissions and hybrid propulsion systems. Allison products are specified by over 250 vehicle manufacture…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allison_Transmission

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web search NEUTRAL — ALISON is an Irish online education platform and social enterprise based in Galway, Ireland. It was founded on 21 April 2007 by Irish social entrepreneur Mike Feerick, it provides free online certific…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alison_(company)

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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 8, 2026 · Allison Transmission is a leading designer and manufacturer of vehicle propulsion solutions for commercial and defense vehicles, the largest global manufacturer of medium- and heavy-duty…
https://www.allisontransmission.com/

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Claim 3: “Sheehan initially complied with the firm’s request and removed her content. She later restored the posts because she wanted to demonstrate her entrepreneurial track record while applying to Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management.”

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The provided evidence confirms the existence of the Kellogg School of Management, but does not contain the specific detail about Sheehan restoring posts specifically to support her application to that school.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — 1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1948th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 948th year of the 2nd millennium, the 48…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865) was the 16th president of the United States, serving from 1861 until his assassination in 1865. He led the United States through the American Civil…
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Claim 4: “Since leaving Wall Street, Sheehan has increased production and is now exploring a broader consumer-products business under the name Alleycat Baking Co. while pursuing an MBA at Northwestern.”

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Fortune and Business Insider both mention her building a CPG brand called 'Alleycat Baking Co.' and Business Insider specifically verified her current school enrollment (Northwestern/Kellogg).

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Claim 5: “Allison Sheehan, 27, told Fortune that Goldman compliance officials took issue with her use of the word “investment” in her social media handles and instructed her to remove posts documenting her life as a baker while working as a wealth manager.”

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The New York Times and other web results confirm she was instructed to remove the word 'investment' from her handles and delete posts on TikTok and Instagram.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Mark Joseph Carney (born March 16, 1965) is a Canadian politician and economist who has served as the 24th prime minister of Canada since 2025. Carney was also elected as leader of the Liberal Party a…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Writers Guild of America Awards is an award for film, television, and radio writing including both fiction and non-fiction categories given by the Writers Guild of America, East and Writers Guild …
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Claim 6: “Sheehan rented commercial kitchen space on the Lower East Side”

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The search results for this claim are irrelevant, focusing on 'Allison Transmission' rather than the individual Allison Sheehan.

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Claim 7: “Sheehan’s path to entrepreneurship began while she was a student at Southern Methodist University’s Cox School of Business in Dallas.”

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The search results for this claim returned information about 'Allison Transmission' and 'Alison (company)', which are unrelated to the person in question. No evidence regarding SMU was found.

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Claim 8: “She told Fortune she had landed clients including Goop, Valentino, LoveShackFancy, Brooke Shields and Gigi Hadid.”

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While Fortune and other sources confirm she has a baking business and is a former wealth manager, the specific list of high-profile clients (Goop, Valentino, etc.) is not independently corroborated in the provided evidence snippets.

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web search NEUTRAL — Allison Sheehan left her full-time job as a Wall Street wealth manager to scale her cake business, with a CPG brand on the horizon: Alleycat Baking Co.Courtesy of Allison Sheehan.
https://fortune.com/2026/06/07/gen-zer-allison-sheehan-repri…

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web search NEUTRAL — Allison Sheehan, a 27-year-old wealth manager at Goldman Sachs, quit her corporate career to focus on building a consumer goods company around her custom-cake business.
https://theconsumerdaily.co/news/goldman-sachs-wealth-manage…

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Claim 9: “A Goldman Sachs employee who built a social media following as the “Investment Baker” says repeated scrutiny from the firm’s compliance department helped push her to leave Wall Street last year and pursue baking full time.”

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Multiple independent sources (Fortune, Business Insider, and another web search result) confirm that Allison Sheehan left Goldman Sachs to pursue her baking business following issues with the firm's compliance department regarding her 'Investment Baker' accounts.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act is a United States federal law that provides for extended criminal penalties and a civil cause of action for acts performed as part of an …
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Claim 10: “Sheehan, who spent four years at Goldman beginning in 2021”

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Web search results indicate she started at Goldman in June 2021 and an Instagram post from November 2025 references her leaving 'four years earlier' (relative to the context of the reporting/posts), aligning with a four-year tenure.

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