CEO Lloyd Blankfein

CEO Lloyd Blankfein

CEO Lloyd Blankfein has been the chief executive officer of Goldman Sachs Group Inc since 2006. He is 59 years old. Follow Mr. Blankfein and Goldman Sachs Group Inc in the news and blogs or share your own opinion about the company and... [more]

CEO Lloyd Blankfein has been the chief executive officer of Goldman Sachs Group Inc since 2006. He is 59 years old. Follow Mr. Blankfein and Goldman Sachs Group Inc in the news and blogs or share your own opinion about the company and its leadership.

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FTI Consulting Inc. said Monday it has agreed to accelerate the repurchase of $250 million of its stock from Goldman, Sachs & Co. FTI Consulting will pay the $250 million from available cash on hand to repurchase outstanding shares and will receive most of the shares no later than Nov. 12. All repurchased shares will be retired, the company said in a statement. The number of shares to be repurchased will be based on the volume-weighted average share price of the company's common stock during the term of the agreement. The repurchase is part of the $500 million share repurchase program announced on Nov. ... Read Full Story
LONDON (Reuters) - The chief executive of Goldman Sachs, which has attracted widespread media attention over the size of its staff bonuses, believes banks serve a social purpose and are doing "God's work." In an interview with London's Sunday Times newspaper, Lloyd Blankfein also said he believed big profits and bonuses at banks were a sign that the world economy was recovering. "We help companies to grow by helping them to raise capital. Companies that grow create wealth. This, in turn, allows people to have jobs that create more growth and more wealth. We have a social purpose," he told the paper. The dominant ... Read Full Story
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You think the people at Goldman Sachs don't know that you think of them as greedy, unrepentant bastards who owe their robust health to a prolonged feeding on the lifeblood of the American taxpayer? They know, as CEO Lloyd Blankfein told the Times of London this week, that "people are pissed off, mad, and bent out of shape," that the CEO could "slit [his] wrists and people would cheer." It's been said that Goldman has been going on a " charm offensive " to combat their "image problem," and this seems to be true: If the quotes the Times ' John Arlidge picked up ... Read Full Story
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Do you know how much they have put at risk? (Guess it doesn’t matter if the taxpayers are going to bail you out). Looks like signs of an impending collapse if you ask me. The following is a list of the top 10 banks holding derivatives. Note that the top 5 hold 97% of all derivatives. The following table lists the top ten banks and the notional value of derivatives they hold in $TRILLIONS. JPMORGAN CHASE BANK NA…………….79.9 GOLDMAN SACHS BANK USA…………….40.5 BANK OF AMERICA NA……………………..39.1 CITIBANK NATIONAL ASSN……………….31.9 WELLS FARGO BANK NA…………………….5.1 HSBC BANK USA NATIONAL ASSN……….3.2 BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON…………….1.3 STATE ... Read Full Story
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Wall Street firms are in a quandary about getting involved with a planned public offering of Russian aluminum producer UC RUSAL because its founder has been barred from getting a U.S. visa on account of allegations that he is connected to organized crime, the Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday. Citing sources familiar with the matter, the newspaper reported that Goldman Sachs Group Inc <GS.N> had looked likely to take one of the top two underwriting slots before stepping away from the deal in recent weeks. Billionaire Oleg Deripaska has denied links to organized crime and has never been charged with ... Read Full Story
Filed under: Management, Goldman Sachs Group (GS)Goldman Sachs's (GS) normally reclusive CEO and noted theologian Lloyd Blankfein has been conducting an unprecedented number of interviewers of late to try to bolster the company's image.Maybe they'd be better off if he crawled back into his shell.In an interview with London's Sunday Times, Mr. Blankfein explained that Goldman Sachs is "doing God's work."I never thought of God as a mortgage...  
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By Douglas A. McIntyre Lloyd Blankfein, the CEO of Goldman Sachs (GS) has put an unusual spin on the bank’s activities. He says his firm is doing “God’s work.” This may seem like an audacious statement coming from a man whose company has been harshly criticized for planning to give many of its employees multi-million pay [...]  
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"I'm doing God's work": Meet Mr. Goldman Sachs from Times of London reports on corporate welfare queen Lloyd Blankfein, the 55 year old CEO of Goldman Sachs who is once again spinning his rationale for why a company that took...  
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KAREN MATTHEWS writes on the AP via Google News: Some of New York’s biggest companies, including Wall Street giants Goldman Sachs and Citigroup, received doses of swine flu vaccine for at-risk employees, drawing criticism that the hard-to-find vaccine is going first to the privileged. Hospitals, universities and the Federal Reserve Bank also got doses of the vaccine for employees who need it the most, such as pregnant women or chronically ill...  
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http://www.companiesandmarkets.com/Summary-Company-Profile/the-goldman-sachs-group,-inc.-oil-gas-advisory-profile-162913.asp The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. - Oil & Gas - Advisory Profile Summary The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. is a global investment banking and securities firm. It provides a broad range of investment banking services to a diverse group of corporations, financial institutions, investment funds, governments and individuals. The...  
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NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE: GS) today announces that Lloyd Blankfein, Chairman and CEO is scheduled to present at the Bank of America – Merrill Lynch 2009 Banking and Financial Services Conference in New York City, on Tuesday, November 10, 2009 at 8:50 a.m. (EST). A live audio webcast of the presentation will be available on the Investor Relations section of our Web site at www.gs.com/shareholders. For those...  
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(11-02) 06:24 PST NEW YORK, (AP) -- Wall Street giant Goldman Sachs Group Inc. is reportedly in talks to buy tax credits from Fannie Mae, a government-controlled mortgage financier. The Wall Street Journal reported Monday the credits, tied to... Goldman Sachs - Fannie Mae - Wall Street - Wall Street Journal - United States  
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc has joined Goldman Sachs Group Inc in a bid to buy $3 billion in tax credits from mortgage giant Fannie Mae, the Wall Street Journal's website reported, citing people familiar with the matter.  
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WASHINGTON - After years spent raking in millions as a top executive of Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Lloyd Blankfein said Wednesday that outsized banker pay encouraged excess and worked "against the public interest." The furor over bankers' pay after ...  
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Goldman Sachs Group Inc would be due a payment of about $1 billion if troubled commercial lender CIT Group were to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, according to a source familiar with the matter. Goldman would be ...  
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