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Encyclopedia > Lloyd Blankfein

Lloyd Craig Blankfein (born September 20, 1954 in The Bronx, New York City) is the current Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Chairman of Goldman Sachs. After the May 31, 2006 nomination of former CEO Hank Paulson as Secretary of the Treasury, Blankfein was announced as his replacement. For other uses, see The Bronx (disambiguation). ... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... “Chief executive” redirects here. ... The phrase Chairman of the Board has several meanings: Chairman of the Board is the term used to denote the leader of a corporations board of directors. ... The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. ... Henry Paulson Henry Hank Merritt Paulson Jr. ... The United States Secretary of the Treasury is the finance minister of the Federal Government of the United States. ...


Blankfein was raised in the Linden Houses, part of the New York City Housing Authority. He received primary and secondary education in the public schools of the New York City Department of Education, and was a valedictorian at Thomas Jefferson High School in 1971. He attended Harvard College, where he lived in Winthrop House, and earned his A.B. in 1975, and in 1978 received a J.D. from Harvard Law School. NYCHA, Sheepshead Houses The New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) provides housing for low and moderate income residents throughout the five boroughs of New York City. ... The Official Seal of the City of New York The New York City Department of Education is the branch of municipal government in New York City that manages the citys public school system. ... In the United States and Canada, the title of valedictorian (an anglicized derivation from the Latin vale dicere, to say farewell) is given to the top graduate of the graduating class (the Australia/New Zealand equivalent being dux, although some Australian universities use the American term) of an educational institution. ... Harvard Yard Harvard College is the undergraduate section and oldest school of Harvard University, founded in 1636 by the Massachusetts Legislature. ... Winthrop House Crest John Winthrop House is the one of the twelve undergraduate residences at Harvard College and home to slightly under 400 students. ... A Bachelor of Arts (B.A. or A.B.) is an undergraduate academic degree awarded for a course or program in the arts and/or sciences. ... Year 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar). ... J.D. redirects here; for alternate uses, see J.D. (disambiguation) J.D. is an abbreviation for the Latin Juris Doctor, also called a Doctor of Law or Doctorate of Jurisprudence, and is the law degree typically awarded by an accredited U.S. law school after successfully completing three years... Harvard Law School (colloquially, Harvard Law or HLS) is one of the professional graduate schools of Harvard University. ...


Blankfein worked as a corporate tax lawyer for the law firm Donovan, Leisure, Newton & Irvine. In 1981, he joined Goldman's commodities trading arm, J. Aron, as a gold bar and coin salesman. Donovan, Leisure, Newton & Irvine was a blue-chip New York law firm. ...


He is the Gala Chairman of the Rockefeller family's Asia Society in New York. He also serves on the board of the Robin Hood Foundation, a charitable organization seeking to alleviate poverty in New York. The Rockefeller family, the family of John D. Rockefeller (1839-1937) (Senior) and his brother William Rockefeller (1841-1922), is an American industrial, banking, philanthropic, and political family of German American origin that made the worlds largest private fortune in the oil business during the late 19th and early... We dont have an article called Asia Society Start this article Search for Asia Society in. ... The Robin Hood Foundation is a charitable organization which attempts to allieviate problems caused by poverty in New York City, New York. ...


Blankfein earned a total of $53.4 million in 2006, making him one of the highest paid executives on Wall Street. His bonus reflected the performance of Goldman Sachs, which reported record net earnings of $9.5 billion. The compensation included a cash bonus of $27.3 million, with the rest paid in stock and options. Elaborate marble facade of NYSE as seen from the intersection of Broad and Wall Streets For other uses, see Wall Street (disambiguation). ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Net profit. ... For other uses, see Stock (disambiguation). ... In finance, an option is a contract whereby the contract buyer has a right to exercise a feature of the contract (the option) at future date (the exercise date), and the writer (seller) has the obligation to honour the specified feature of the contract. ...


He now resides in New York with his wife and three children, while two oldest attend Harvard as well. He is a member at Manhattan Woods Golf Club in West Nyack, NY.


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