'Goldman Sachs Elevator' tweeter outed as non-employee

The man behind a hugely popular 'overheard in the Goldman Sachs elevator' Twitter account has been outed as a 34-year-old Texan who has never worked for the firm.

Tweeting to more than 600,000 followers, @GSElevator had been the subject of an internal inquiry at the Wall Street investment bank after appearing

"The stories aren’t Goldman Sachs in particular. It was about the culture in general,” said John Lefevre after revealing his identity to the New York Times.

He was speaking about a book deal signed on the back of the success of his Twitter account, which proved as popular with banking industry insiders as it did with outside observers.