Wrecked Weekends

Still, 100-hour weeks aren’t unusual, and a client request can easily wreck a junior employee’s weekend. Gupta’s late nights on the technology, media and telecom banking team would have helped serve some of the firm’s highest-profile clients.

“We are saddened by Sav’s death and feel deeply for his family,” Michael DuVally, a Goldman Sachs spokesman in New York, said in an e-mailed statement. “We hope that people will respect the family’s expressed desire for privacy during this difficult time.”

Attempts to reach Gupta’s family for comment through social media were unsuccessful. In an e-mail cited by the New York Times, which reported Gupta’s death late Monday, his father said the essay was intended for “the grieving family and a means of dealing with my deep anguish and catharsis.”

Summer Analyst

Gupta joined Goldman Sachs a year ago after receiving a dual bachelor’s degree from the University of Pennsylvania. He studied finance at the Wharton Business School and applied and computer science at the engineering school, according to Gina Bryan, a university spokeswoman. While at Penn, Gupta worked as a summer analyst at Deutsche Bank AG and Credit Suisse Group AG, his LinkedIn profile shows.

He came to the U.S. after attending Delhi Public School, an acclaimed private school in India’s capital. At Penn, he made the dean’s list and was a member of Eta Kappa Nu, an electrical and computer engineering honor society. He was a fan of soccer and the television shows “House” and “Family Guy,” according to his Facebook profile.

The 2013 death of Bank of America intern Moritz Erhardt spurred that lender to set up a panel of senior managers to review “all aspects” of the tragedy, the Charlotte, North Carolina-based company said at the time. Banks across Wall Street soon began changing their policies.

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