Lloyd Blankfein to Step Down as CEO of Goldman Sachs
Posted: Thu May 17, 2018 10:51 pm
The chief executive of Goldman Sachs, Lloyd Blankfein, plans to step down as soon as the end of this year, ending a controversional 12-year tenure with the investment bank, the New York Times reported on Friday.
Goldman intends to replace Blankfein, 63, with its co-president David Solomon, the newspaper said, citing people familiar with the matter that it didn’t name.
Mr. Blankfein, who is Goldman’s chairman and chief executive, was appointed to his roles in June 2006. In addition, he successfully led his bank through the 2008 global economic and financial crisis without any major mishaps.
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