Lloyd Blankfein - Net Worth, Age, Height, Birthday, Bio, Wiki!
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Updated on March 01, 2026
Explore Lloyd Blankfein net worth, age, height, bio, birthday, wiki, and salary! In 2006, a businessman became the Chairman and CEO of Goldman Sachs. This multinational investment banking company was founded by Goldman Sachs. In this article, we will discover how old is Lloyd Blankfein? Who is Lloyd Blankfein dating now & how much money does Lloyd Blankfein have?
| Name | Lloyd Blankfein |
| First Name | Lloyd |
| Last Name | Blankfein |
| Occupation | Business Executive |
| Birthday | September 20 |
| Birth Year | 1954 |
| Place of Birth | New York |
| Home Town | |
| Birth Country | United States |
| Birth Sign | Virgo |
| Full/Birth Name | |
| Parents | Seymour Blankfein |
| Siblings | Not Available |
| Spouse | Laura Jacobs Blankfein |
| Children(s) | Alex Blankfein, Rachel Blankfein, Jonathan Blankfein |
Lloyd Blankfein Biography
Lloyd Blankfein is one of the most popular and richest Business Executive who was born on September 20, 1954 in New York, United States. As CEO of Goldman Sachs, he succeeded He succeeded Henry Paulson as the CEO of Goldman Sachs..
Lloyd Craig Blankfein (born September 20, 1954) is an American investment banker who has served as senior chairman of Goldman Sachs since 2019, and chairman and chief executive from 2006 until the end of 2018. He assumed the office after former chief executive, Henry Paulson, was asked to serve as the 74th United States Secretary of the Treasury. Previous to leading Goldman Sachs, he was the company’s president and chief operating officer (COO) from 2004 to 2006, serving under Paulson.
Blankfein first worked for the law firms Proskauer Rose and then Donovan, Leisure, Newton & Irvine. In 1982, he joined the commodities trading firm J. Aron & Co. as a precious metals salesman in its London office. The firm was later acquired by the investment bank, Goldman Sachs.
He was married to Laura Jacobs and they had three children together. He was also raised Jewish.
In 2009, the Financial Times named him the “Persona of the Year”.
Lloyd Craig Blankfein was born in The Bronx borough of New York City on September 20, 1954. His father, Seymour Blankfein, was a clerk with the U.S. Postal Service branch in the Manhattan borough of New York City and his mother was a receptionist. Born to a Jewish family, he was raised in the Linden Houses, a housing project in the East New York section of Brooklyn. He received primary and secondary education in New York City’s public schools graduating valedictorian at Thomas Jefferson High School in 1971. He went on to attend Harvard College where he lived in Winthrop House and graduated with a A.B. in history in 1975. After graduating college, he attended Harvard Law School where he received a J.D. degree in 1978.
Lloyd Blankfein Net Worth
Lloyd is one of the richest Business Executive from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Lloyd Blankfein's net worth $1 Billion. (Last Update: January 13, 2024)
Harvard College gave him his Bachelor’s Degree and Harvard Law School his Law Degree.
| Net Worth | $1 Billion |
| Salary | Under Review |
| Source of Income | Business Executive |
| Cars | Not Available |
| House | Living in own house. |
Mr. Blankfein joined Goldman Sachs when the firm acquired J. Aron & Co. in 1981. Friedman later appointed Henry Paulson as his successor who in turn tasked Blankfein with managing or co-managing the company’s currency and commodities divisions from 1994 to 1997. After Paulson consolidated control of Goldman, he identified Blankfein as his heir apparent in response to a hypothetical question despite him ranking third in the corporate hierarchy behind two co-presidents. In 2004, Blankfein was promoted to president and chief operating officer, a position he served in until June 2006. As president, he oversaw the 2000s commodities boom and positioned Goldman to take advantage of rising commodity prices. On May 30, 2006, U.S. President George W. Bush nominated Paulson to serve as the 74th United States Secretary of the Treasury which prompted Paulson to establish a succession plan. Shortly after Paulson was sworn in, Blankfein was asked to serve the company as chairman and chief executive officer in July 2006.
During the 2007–08 financial crisis, many financial institutions that had dealings in subprime mortgages received a high level of public attention. Goldman Sachs served as a market maker that dealt with financial products that held subprime mortgages. During late 2008, the crisis led the Federal Reserve to lower interest rates and the U.S. Treasury to increase public spending in private banks. Following the collapse of Lehman Brothers, and the government bailout of Goldman, Blankfein used the low interest rates and government assistance to undercut competition from other investment banks and established Goldman Sachs as the second largest investment bank in the U.S. as others either went bankrupt or fell to acquisition. In 2009, he was named Financial Times Person of the Year. His citation noted that “his bank stuck to its strengths, unashamedly [took] advantage of the low interest rates and diminished competition resulting from the crisis to make big trading profits.”
Ethnicity, religion & political views
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Blankfein’s total compensation from 2000 to 2009 was estimated to be around $240 million. During this time period he personally donated $11 million (4.58% of his total compensation) to charitable organizations. His joint charity foundation, the Lloyd and Laura Blankfein Foundation, donated $620,000 to Harvard Law School, $500,000 to the Ethical Culture Fieldston School, $50,000 to Barnard College, $46,500 to the Robin Hood Foundation, and $10,000 to Carnegie Hall in fiscal year 2010.
Who is Lloyd Blankfein Dating?
According to our records, Lloyd Blankfein married to Laura Jacobs Blankfein . As of January 13, 2024, Lloyd Blankfein’s is not dating anyone.
Relationships Record: We have no records of past relationships for Lloyd Blankfein. You may help us to build the dating records for Lloyd Blankfein!Blankfein’s compensation at Goldman Sachs has been at the center of controversy and interest to financial reporters and the general public. He was paid a base salary of $600,000 with a total compensation package of $54.4 million in 2006 as the highest-paid executive 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. A year later, he received total compensation of $53.9 million, which included a base salary of $600,000, a cash bonus of $26.9 million, stocks granted of $15.5 million and options granted of $10.4 million. On April 7, 2009, he recommended guidelines to overhaul executive compensation. According to The New York Times, he said that lessons from the global financial crisis included the need to “apply basic standards to how we compensate people in our industry”. He received US$23 million in salary and bonuses in 2015, which was slightly down from the US$24 million he earned in 2014 from Goldman Sachs. According to the Financial Times, Blankfein earned an estimated $22.3 million in 2016.
Height, Weight & Body Measurements
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| Height | Unknown |
| Weight | Not Known |
| Body Measurements | Under Review |
| Eye Color | Not Available |
| Hair Color | Not Available |
| Feet/Shoe Size | Not Available |
Born and raised in New York City, Blankfein attended Harvard University for his undergraduate and law school studies before briefly entering private law practice. In 1982, he became a precious metals salesman at J. Aron & Co., a small commodities trading firm which was acquired by Goldman in 1981. After leading Goldman’s currency and commodities divisions from 1994 to 1997 he was named heir apparent despite ranking third in the corporate hierarchy. He served as the president and chief operating officer from 2004 to his ascension to chief executive. Almost immediately after Blankfein assumed the head of the company, the financial crisis of 2007–08 hit the banking industry. His role and handling of the crisis was widely praised and criticized by media outlets making him a public figure.
After the Federal Reserve implemented dovish monetary policies and the U.S. Treasury bailed out the company, Blankfein took advantage of low interest rates to undercut competition from other investment banks and established Goldman Sachs as the second largest investment bank in the U.S. as others either went bankrupt or fell to acquisition. Blankfein was twice named one of the most influential people in the world by Time magazine and won the Financial Times Person of the Year award in 2009. According to Bloomberg News, his net worth is estimated to be US$1.1 billion as of July 2015. His total compensation package for fiscal year 2016 was estimated to be $22.3 million.
Facts & Trivia
Lloyd Ranked on the list of most popular Business Executive. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Lloyd Blankfein celebrates birthday on September 20 of every year.
On January 13, 2010, Blankfein voluntarily testified before the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission that he considered Goldman Sachs’s role as primarily market maker, not a creator of the product (i.e., subprime mortgage-related securities). Blankfein testified once more before Congress in April 2010 at a hearing of the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations. He said that Goldman Sachs had no moral or legal obligation to inform their clients they were betting against the products they were selling to them because it was not acting in a fiduciary role. Senator Carl Levin accused Blankfein of misleading Congress; however, no perjury charges were brought against Blankfein. Nevertheless, as a precaution Blankfein hired Reid Weingarten, a high-profile defense lawyer who represented former WorldCom CEO Bernard Ebbers and former Enron accounting officer Richard Causey. Two months later, after the publicity of the testimony increased his public status, he was listed as #43 on Forbes Magazine’s List of The World’s Most Powerful People in November 2011.
What happened to Lloyd Blankfein?
On September 22, 2015, Blankfein was diagnosed with a form of lymphoma. He received multiple rounds of treatment of chemotherapy and by October 2016 was in remission.
How old is Lloyd Blankfein?
67 years (September 20, 1954)
Where was Lloyd Blankfein born?
New York, NY
Who eventually sued Goldman Sachs after losing millions of dollars?
In January 2014, the Libyan Investment Authority (LIA) filed a lawsuit against Goldman for $1 billion after the firm lost 98% of the $1.3 billion the LIA invested with Goldman in 2007.
How much does CEO of Goldman Sachs make?
Executive Compensation As Chairman and CEO at GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC, David M. Solomon made $39,545,072 in total compensation.
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