Curriculum des Lloyd C. Blankfein : v.d. Bronx zu G.S.

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.

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.

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.

So here's a guy who came to Goldman when Goldman took over a little company that traded and sold gold. From there Blankfein climbed to the top position at a tough and super-competitive company. I don't know how much Blankfein makes, probably a load (actually $56 million last year). He's earned it. He's followed his star