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Lloyd Blankfein

Senior Chairman, Goldman Sachs

Search every verified Lloyd Blankfein interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. Lloyd Blankfein, former CEO and chairman of Goldman Sachs, has been promoting his memoir, *Streetwise*, through a series of podcast and interview appearances. In an October 2026 interview on the Vlad Catcher Show, he discussed his motivations for writing the book, saying he initially began jotting down stories for his children and never intended to publish. He also shared advice on leadership, emphasizing the importance of curiosity, listening, hard work, resilience, and a sense of humor. He described his approach to happiness as being able to read and pursue personal interests, likening it to the return trip from a meeting. In an August 2026 conversation with Pretium founder Don Mullen, Blankfein reflected on his working-class upbringing in public housing and discussed managing impostor syndrome. He recounted his early days at Goldman Sachs, describing how he would call colleagues to better understand unfamiliar areas of the business, a practice he said conveyed diligence and helped him learn. He also discussed the challenges of managing strong personalities within a firm, advocating for subordinating ego to build a stronger overall platform. Throughout these appearances, Blankfein has shared perspectives on talent retention, career changes, and the value of deep engagement with one's work.

Recent appearances

  • Former Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein: How to Build, Scale & Lead

    October 02, 2026 · 📺 Vlad Kachur

    In this exclusive interview, Lloyd Blankfein - Former CEO of Goldman Sachs shares how to build and scale businesses. This conversation is packed with insights on: How to become a great CEO How to think about changing careers How to hire and retain talent How to succeed regardless of obstacles Watch now and learn how Lloyd Blankfein thinks about businesses and life. Listen to Lloyd Blankfein’s new book, Streetwise, on Audible: https://www.audible.com/pd/Streetwise... Get Streetwise on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FBW93LGS Subscribe to this channel for more interviews with top founder…

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  • Conversations at Pretium: Don Mullen and Lloyd Blankfein on Leadership, Talent and Culture

    August 20, 2026 · 📺 Pretium

    Pretium Founder and CEO Don Mullen sat down with Lloyd Blankfein, former Chairman and CEO of Goldman Sachs and author of ...

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  • I Was Goldman Sachs CEO for 12 Years. ONE Trait Makes a Great Leader

    June 22, 2026 · 📺 informo

    Former Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein went from selling hotdogs in Yankee Stadium to CEO of Goldman Sachs. He explains the one trait that made him CEO, what he looks for in colleagues, the financial crisis, risk management, and AI. 0:00 Intro 0:23 From selling hotdogs to CEO 1:58 This trait made me CEO 6:07 Successful people are usually like ‘this’ 8:58 Young people aren’t doing this. They should be! 16:20 2008 crisis 17:30 How to predict the market 20:55 AI can’t change THIS. Like & Subscribe!

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  • Ex-Goldman CEO told us exactly where he puts his money

    June 16, 2026 · 📺 My First Million

    Get our Investment Guide: https://clickhubspot.com/e4zb Episode 834: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) sits down with former Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein ( https://x.com/lloydblankfein ) to talk about what he does with his money. — Show Notes: (0:00) Lloyd on Money, Day Trading, and Feeling “Rich” (3:52) Meeting Elon (5:23) What the worst traders have in common (9:54) Warren Buffett’s handshake deal (15:04) Lloyd breaks down his portfolio (20:41) Advice to young investors (23:09) biggest mistakes (25:54) Anxiety as a superpower (27:54) Family finances (31:35) Scarcity (40:46) The…

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  • From $11 in His Pocket to CEO of Goldman Sachs | Lloyd Blankfein

    June 10, 2026 · 📺 The Context Window with David Deming

    Lloyd Blankfein went from public housing in East New York to the top of Goldman Sachs, which he led from 2006 to 2018, through the worst financial crisis since the Depression. In this conversation with Harvard Dean David Deming, the former Goldman CEO argues that the next big crisis will be harder to contain than 2008, because reform has spread risk beyond the reach of regulators; that the worst move an ambitious young person can make is to skip college to chase money and fame; and that Harvard punches below its weight in making its case to the country it helped found. Along the way: the $500…

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  • How a Kid From Public Housing Became CEO of Goldman Sachs

    June 05, 2026 · 📺 Michael Smerconish

    Lloyd Blankfein, former Chairman and CEO of Goldman Sachs, joins Michael Smerconish to discuss his new memoir, Streetwise: Getting To and Through Goldman Sachs. Blankfein reflects on growing up in public housing in Brooklyn, attending Harvard as the first in his family to go to college, navigating feelings of imposter syndrome, and ultimately rising to lead one of the most influential financial institutions in the world. The conversation covers Wall Street, Harvard, Goldman Sachs, leadership, recruiting elite talent, financial markets, social mobility, and the lessons Blankfein learned on hi…

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  • 🎙️ Inside the Next Financial Crisis with Lloyd Blankfein #podcast #theforum

    May 29, 2026 · 📺 The Economic Club of New York

    On this episode of The Forum, hosted by CNBC’s Becky Quick, Lloyd Blankfein, former Chairman and CEO of Goldman Sachs, joins Sonali Basak, Chief Investment Strategist at iCapital, for a wide-ranging conversation on financial markets, systemic risk, and the forces that shape economic cycles. Blankfein reflects on the lessons of the 2008 financial crisis, the rise of private credit, and why periods of stability can often create the conditions for future market disruptions. Drawing on decades of experience at the center of global finance, he shares his perspective on risk, regulation, asset valu…

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  • Goldman Sachs Chairman on Why Finance Adopts AI Differently | a16z

    May 12, 2026 · 📺 a16z

    David Haber speaks with Lloyd Blankfein, former CEO of Goldman Sachs, about leadership, risk, and navigating moments of extreme uncertainty. Drawing on his experience leading Goldman through the financial crisis, Blankfein shares how organizations can build resilience, make decisions under pressure, and maintain culture while scaling. They discuss the importance of risk management as both a discipline and a mindset, the difference between being wrong and being reckless, and how great organizations balance taking risk with protecting against it. Blankfein also reflects on Goldman’s partnership…

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  • Lloyd Blankfein with Hortense le Gentil: Streetwise, From Brooklyn to Boardroom | LIVE from NYPL

    May 04, 2026 · 📺 The New York Public Library

    The former Goldman Sachs CEO reflects on leadership, risk, and his rise from public housing to the heights of global finance. For event details and more, visit https://www.nypl.org/events/programs/... READ THE BOOK NYPL Catalog: https://borrow.nypl.org/search/card?i... The Library Shop — proceeds benefit The New York Public Library: https://shop.nypl.org/collections/eve... LIVE FROM NYPL Upcoming Events: https://nypl.org/live Sign up for our newsletters: https://nypl.org/updates In his new book, Streetwise, Lloyd Blankfein traces his 36-year career at Goldman Sachs, from his upbringing…

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  • Go With Who You Are | Former Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein

    April 27, 2026 · 📺 CNBC International and CNBC International Live

    At the start of his career, Lloyd Blankfein made a decision that would define the way he led — stop trying to fit in. In this episode of Executive Decisions, the former Goldman Sachs CEO reflects on growing up in public housing in Brooklyn, arriving at Harvard as an outsider and learning that authenticity was more powerful than performance. He explains how that mindset shaped his rise through one of the most competitive firms on Wall Street. From handling criticism and changing his management style to leading Goldman Sachs through crisis, Blankfein explains why the most effective leaders…

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  • Fmr Goldman Sachs CEO: What Surviving The 2008 Financial Crisis Taught Me — Lloyd Blankfein

    April 23, 2026 · 📺 Anthony Scaramucci

    Lloyd Blankfein is one of the most consequential figures in the history of American finance — a kid from the Brooklyn projects who climbed to the top of Goldman Sachs and steered the firm through the worst financial crisis of our lifetime. This is a conversation I've been looking forward to for a long time, so glad to share it with you all on Open Book. Lloyd Blankfein was Chairman and CEO of Goldman Sachs from 2006 to 2018. I spent the first seven years of my career at Goldman Sachs, and Lloyd was my boss and mentor. He was kind to me then, and he's been kind to me ever since. I greatly adm…

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  • Ex-Goldman Sachs CEO | Is The US Economy Still Resilient Under Donald Trump?

    April 14, 2026 · 📺 The Room Where It Happened

    #podcast #jakehumphrey #founderstories #businesspodcast Subscribe now and join the RWIH community!    / @the-room-where-it-happened   Is the next global financial crisis not just possible, but overdue? Former Goldman Sachs Chairman and CEO Lloyd Blankfein didn’t just survive the 2008 financial crash; he steered the firm through it by trading the ego of a "warrior" for the "professional paranoia" of a worrier. In this episode, Lloyd explains why the "kindling" for the next global crisis is already building on the forest floor and why survival depends on a discipline most leaders ignore. He…

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Notable quotes

“P&L is the best risk management tool. You know, it's the best, you know, to know it comes from and I wouldn't do that every day. I wouldn't do that every month. And you know, you just look in there and you just go and you're just doing it and if you don't understand it.”

“I've observed technology, you know, I started in 1982 in the industry so you could figure out the things that I've seen. And when I started, you couldn't make a mistake that would cost $5 million. It would be hard because somebody would hear it. Somebody would see it being done. No matter how noisy a trading room would be or whatever, if somebody said something wrong backwards, the wrong commodity, the wrong price, e”

“Look, I grew up in a family that was really pressed for money. And if you don't have enough money, then it is about financial incentives. But when you have enough and you have more than enough, it's not about it. It's very little. It's much less about financial incentives because that doesn't provide much more of an incentive. It's about other things. It's about the influence, about whether you enjoy your colleagues.”

“I think those things that kind of democratize investing and make it very very accessible to people is in its own terms a very good thing. So people should be aware of assets they could buy and make it easier to do some and maybe you know receive advertising promotion so that they focus on it more than they would. maybe they would never focus on it. But for those companies, you know, at the same time, if you make it t”

“I invest in risky assets. That's what's fun for me. I would say that 98% are equities. ... I am 98% in risky assets of which 95 of the 98 are equities, probably a third a quarter is in ETFs and 75% is in single stock and if I'm wrong it's 10% are in ETFs and 90% are in single stocks because that's what I like to do.”

“We ended up settling with the government, which you always end up doing even if you think you're right. The government is not just your adversary in a court case. They're also your regulator. And they also have to approve everything you do or disapprove everything you do. So you can't do anything. It's like one of those episodes of Star Trek where some alien takes over the life support systems of the ship. How do you”

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