Check Out The List Of Wall Street Heavy Hitters That Had Lunch With British...
Last night Prime Minister David Cameron was the guest of honor at a White House state dinner that included other notables like George Clooney, Warren Buffett and Sir Richard Branson. Today it's Wall...
View ArticleBLOOMBERG ON GOLDMAN SACHS: 'God Couldn't Lead It Without Being Criticised' (GS)
Earlier today, we learned that Michael Bloomberg, the billionaire mayor of New York City, paid a visit to the folks over at Goldman Sachs. The Financial Times' Tom Braithwaite, Tracy Alloway and Helen...
View ArticleREPORT: Top Goldman Execs Have Considered Splitting Blankfein's Executive Roles
Senior executives at Goldman Sachs have contemplated about whether or not the bank should split Lloyd Blankfein's roles of CEO and Chairman, Reuters reports. Here's what that executive shuffle would...
View Article13 Incredibly Wealthy Wall Streeters That Started Out With Nothing
No hedge funder made more money last year than Bridgewater Associates founder Raymond Dalio — he made $3.9 billion. Not bad for the son of a jazz musician from Jackson Heights, Queens. Most of the...
View ArticleGuess Which Wall Street CEO Is Even More Admired Than Jamie Dimon
Goldman Sachs' leader Lloyd Blankfein beat out JPMorgan's Jamie Dimon as the top rated Wall Street CEO, according to a survey by Glassdoor. Blankfein came in No. 11 for Glassdoor's "Top 25 Highest...
View ArticleREPORT: Lloyd Blankfein and Gary Cohn Are No Longer BFFs
The discussion over who will hold the position of top dog at Goldman Sachs is heating up. Or perhaps cooling down, especially when it comes to the relationship between the two main contenders: current...
View ArticleREVEALED: Lloyd Blankfein's Salary For 2011
Goldman Sachs' chairman and CEO made $16.1 million in total compensation (salary, bonus, stock awards, options, etc) compared with $14.1 million total comp in 2010, according to the bank's Proxy...
View ArticleLloyd Blankfein Just Had His First Live TV Interview In Two Years On CNBC
The CEO of Goldman Sachs doesn't speak much, his last live TV appearance happened two years ago. When he does, though, he has a reason (and of course, people listen). Why has he chosen this most...
View ArticleBLANKFEIN: The Only Reason Goldman Got Into Trouble Is Because Our...
Lloyd Blankfein was just on CNBC talking about everything from Greg Smith to regulation. There was one quote that really got our attention. CNBC's Gary Kaminsky asked Blankfein about regulation, and...
View ArticleLloyd Blankfein Explains What Would Happen If He Got Hit By A Bus
Goldman Sachs' CEO Lloyd Blankfein told CNBC's Gary Kaminsky during "Squawk on the Street" what would happen if he were to get hit by a bus and the bank needed a successor. "Of course there's a lot of...
View ArticleAlec Baldwin Has Some Words For CNBC's Gary Kaminsky After His Lloyd...
Remember Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein's epic interview on CNBC today? Alec Baldwin would like to share his thoughts: (h/t Dealbreaker) Please follow Clusterstock on Twitter and Facebook.Join the...
View ArticleLloyd Blankfein's Gay Rights Stance Cost Goldman Sachs A High Profile Client
At a forum on gay rights on Wall Street today, Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein revealed one of the bank's clients took issue with his public support of same-sex marriage so much that the client...
View ArticleNow We Know Which Subways Bill Ackman And Lloyd Blankfein Like To Ride
In case you missed the creative, cutesy invite to the Robin Hood Foundation Gala yesterday, it had an awesome New York subway theme. The foundation, which raises money to support New York City...
View ArticleGoldman's Lloyd Blankfein Tells Nun He Can't Give Her A Job Because He...
It appears Goldman Sachs' chief executive Lloyd Blankfein is still doing "God's work." This is an exchange between Blankfein and New York nun that happened yesterday at the bank's annual...
View ArticlePhotographers Trying To Snap A Picture Of Lloyd Blankfein At The Gupta Trial...
It seems like what's happening outside the Rajat Gupta insider trading trial may be more interesting than what's happening inside the courtroom. Yesterday, Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein took the...
View ArticleHere's How Lloyd Blankfein Completely Avoided Getting His Picture Taken While...
Goldman Sachs' chief executive Lloyd Blankfein, who is also a lawyer, seems to have a lot of experience in court. He took the stand yesterday during the insider trading trial of Rajat Gupta, a former...
View ArticleWarren Buffett And Lloyd Blankfein Spoke About Small Businesses On MSNBC This...
Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein and Warren Buffett are speaking now on MSNBC's Morning Joe. - The two are on to discuss Goldman Sach's small business program, "10,000 Strong." - (Reminder: Buffett...
View ArticleGoldman's Lloyd Blankfein Wants To Work Until He's 117 Years Old
Lloyd Blankfein doesn't plan on retiring any time soon. From Reuters: The chief executive and chairman of Goldman Sachs Group Inc said on Wednesday he has no plans to relinquish his duties running...
View ArticleMEREDITH WHITNEY: 'Jamie Dimon Is The Antithesis Of Lloyd Blankfein'
Meredith Whitney called Jamie Dimon the "antithesis" of Lloyd Blankfein this morning on Bloomberg Surveillance after the JPMorgan chief's testimony on Capitol Hill last week. "He had like a couple of...
View ArticleSorry, Goldman But No Amount Of PR Will Turn Lloyd Blankfein Into Richard...
There's a clear, growing, and – at least to me – disturbing trend of major corporations hiring communications managers from the realm of politics to oversee their PR efforts. While there are...
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