Former Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein on Why He Doesn't Tweet
Odd Lots
Bloomberg
4.5 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 5 March 2026
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Summary
Lloyd Blankfein was CEO of Goldman Sachs for more than a decade, riding the trading boom to the top of the storied investment bank and steering it through the 2008 financial crisis. In his new memoir, Streetwise: Getting To and Through Goldman Sachs, he writes about his journey from public housing in Brooklyn to the pinnacle of Wall Street. So what's he up to now? And how does he see markets and finance today? In this episode, we talk about deglobalization and Wall Street, the threats AI and tech pose to investment banking, risk management in private credit, and rich people's attitudes towards taxes. Plus, Lloyd shares some of what he left out of the book and he explains why he doesn't tweet more.
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| 2:03.1 | at Bloomberg. And we truly had the perfect guest. Someone I've wanted to interview for a very |
| 2:08.3 | long time, never got the chance. It is, of course, the former CEO of Goldman Sachs, Lloyd Blankfein. |
| 2:14.3 | Take a listen. Joe, I have a confession to make. Yeah, go on. This is probably the most nervous I've ever been for an All-Blots episode. Are you for real? Yeah. And I'll tell you why. And actually, the reason why, you'll know because you were there. I do know. I do know. The first time Joe and I ever met Lloyd Blankfein in person was at a sort of media roundtable. and for some reason I felt it incumbent upon myself to tell a joke. Well, you were late too. |
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