Money | Greg Smith Goldman 'Traitor' Scores $1.5M for Tell-All Ex-Sachs exec Greg Smith to make big bucks on memoir By Mark Russell Posted Mar 30, 2012 8:21 AM CDT Copied Traders work in the Goldman Sachs booth on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Thursday, March 15, 2012. (AP Photo/Richard Drew) It looks like the Goldman Sachs exec who ripped the company in a New York Times editorial when he quit isn't going to suffer too badly for his angry farewell notice. Hachette's Grand Central imprint is paying Greg Smith $1.5 million for the worldwide rights to a tell-all book about his time with the investment house, reports the New York Post. Thanks to Smith's agent, the publishing industry was whipped into a frenzy for his memoir, quickly moving bidding into the seven figures. Read These Next Colorado wants to give 'peace of mind' on Hunter S. Thompson. Defense officials react to Hegseth's Quantico meeting. Hiker lost for days in Idaho had no pants or shoes. The world is mourning the 'patron saint' of primatology. Report an error