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Lloyd Blankfein
Overview
- Source of Wealth
- Banking
- Industry
- Finance & Investments
- Residence
- New York, New York
- Organization
- CEO at Goldman Sachs Group
- Education
- Harvard University (Bachelor of Arts/Science)Harvard University (Doctor of Jurisprudence)
- Marital Status
- Married
- Children
- 3
Assets
- Goldman Sachs Group Inc.717,939 shares @ --GS-US
Biography
Lloyd Blankfein was chairman and CEO of financial behemoth Goldman Sachs from 2006 to 2018, when he was succeeded by David Solomon.
Before leading Goldman Sachs, he worked under then-CEO Henry Paulson as the company's president and chief operations officer from 2004 to 2006.
Blankfein first became a partner at the firm in 1988.
Blankfein grew up in the projects in Brooklyn, graduated as a valedictorian from Thomas Jefferson High School before getting history and law degrees from Harvard.
About
Blankfein was diagnosed with lymphoma late in 2015, and after months of chemotherapy, he said he was likely cured of the disease.