Lloyd Blankfein is one of the most popular and richest Business Executive who was born on September 20, 1954 in New York, United States. As CEO of Goldman Sachs, he succeeded He succeeded Henry Paulson as the CEO of Goldman Sachs..
Lloyd Craig Blankfein (born September 20, 1954) is an American investment banker who has served as senior chairman of Goldman Sachs since 2019, and chairman and chief executive from 2006 until the end of 2018. He assumed the office after former chief executive, Henry Paulson, was asked to serve as the 74th United States Secretary of the Treasury. Previous to leading Goldman Sachs, he was the company’s president and chief operating officer (COO) from 2004 to 2006, serving under Paulson.
Blankfein first worked for the law firms Proskauer Rose and then Donovan, Leisure, Newton & Irvine. In 1982, he joined the commodities trading firm J. Aron & Co. as a precious metals salesman in its London office. The firm was later acquired by the investment bank, Goldman Sachs.
He was married to Laura Jacobs and they had three children together. He was also raised Jewish.
In 2009, the Financial Times named him the “Persona of the Year”.
Lloyd Craig Blankfein was born in The Bronx borough of New York City on September 20, 1954. His father, Seymour Blankfein, was a clerk with the U.S. Postal Service branch in the Manhattan borough of New York City and his mother was a receptionist. Born to a Jewish family, he was raised in the Linden Houses, a housing project in the East New York section of Brooklyn. He received primary and secondary education in New York City’s public schools graduating valedictorian at Thomas Jefferson High School in 1971. He went on to attend Harvard College where he lived in Winthrop House and graduated with a A.B. in history in 1975. After graduating college, he attended Harvard Law School where he received a J.D. degree in 1978.
