Lloyd Blankfein “Survived” Harvard as a Working-Class Kid From Brooklyn. Then, He Became CEO of Goldman Sachs.

Vanity Fair · 2026-02-19
Lloyd Blankfein “Survived” Harvard as a Working-Class Kid From Brooklyn. Then, He Became CEO of Goldman Sachs.

In an exclusive excerpt from his upcoming memoir, Streetwise, the former executive recounts his time as an anxiety-ridden Ivy League undergraduate.