I think your estimate of Mrs. Cruz’s influence at that company is way overblown. She is, at best, in middle management there. If you read the article, the head honcho is a Hillary supporter.
Maybe, and on paper she’s relatively far down the totem pole. But in almost any organization the official employee chart almost never reflects who welds the real influence.
I’ve seen many times that some of those lowest on the chart happen to connect with the top dogs on a personal level and for reasons only they understand, these high level people will allow themselves to be influenced by (for example) the boy in the mail room, or the low level secretary.
I could be wrong, but I think Heidi is a managing partner, which means she’s got quite a bit on the ball (so to speak). She had what it takes to get that position; there’s a real possibility she had an inordinate amount of influence with those higher up than her - the Partner-in-Charge, for example.
But you are right - I’m not part of Goldman Sachs so I don’t know.