- Lloyd Blankfein
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name = Lloyd Craig Blankfein
birth_date = birth date and age|1954|9|20
birth_place =Bronx ,New York ,USA
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occupation =CEO ,The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
salary = $ 27,585,474 [ [http://www.neumann-compensation.com/managers/salary/lloyd-blankfein/ Lloyd Blankfein's salary] ]
spouse = Laura Jacobs Blankfein
children = 3Lloyd Craig Blankfein (born
September 20 ,1954 in theBronx ,New York City ) is the currentChief Executive Officer and Chairman ofThe Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. After the May 31, 2006 nomination of former CEOHank Paulson asSecretary of the Treasury , Blankfein was announced as his replacement.Blankfein was raised in Brooklyn's Linden Houses, part of the
New York City Housing Authority . His father was a clerk with the Postal Service in Manhattan. [ [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C01E2DB1038F936A25756C0A965948260 Laura Jacobs Engaged To Lloyd C. Blankfein - New York Times ] ] He received primary and secondary education in the public schools of theNew York City Department of Education , and was avaledictorian at Thomas Jefferson High School in 1971. He attendedHarvard College , where he lived inWinthrop House , and earned hisA.B. in 1975, and in 1978 received aJ.D. fromHarvard 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.He is the Gala Chairman of the
Rockefeller family 'sAsia Society in New York. He also serves on the board of theRobin Hood Foundation , a charitable organization seeking to alleviate poverty in 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 recordnet earnings of $9.5 billion. The compensation included a cash bonus of $27.3 million, with the rest paid instock and options. Blankfein earned a total of US$67.9 million in 2007, he will receive US$26.8 million in cash, and US$41.1 million in restricted stock and options. [ [http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=ac1OzKh7snD4&refer=home Goldman Awards - Retrieved on2007-12-22 ] ]He now resides in New York with his wife,
Laura Jacobs Blankfein , an attorney, and three children. He is a member at Manhattan Woods Golf Club inWest Nyack, NY .Politics
Lloyd has contributed at least $7000 to Democratic Party candidate
Hillary Rodham Clinton in 2008. [ [http://www.opensecrets.org/indivs/search_hp.asp?txtName=Blankfein&NumOfThou=0&txt2008=Y opensecrets.org - name:Blankfein, cycle:2008] ]References
External links
* [http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/04_04/b3867103_mz056.htm The Man Goldman Is Banking On] 2004 profile from "
BusinessWeek " magazine
* [http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/10/business/yourmoney/10lloyd.html?_r=1&oref=slogin Goldman Runs Risks, Reaps Rewards] , "The New York Times "
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