17 Lloyd Blankfein
劳埃德•布兰克费恩，一个令人费解的CEO

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01 He serves on the board of the Robin Hood Foundation, a charitable（慈善的）organization, whose goal is to alleviate（减轻）poverty in New York.

他就任于罗宾汉基金会的董事会，该基金会的一个慈善目标是减少美国的贫困率。

02 Blankfein contributes to mostly Democratic Party candidates. He self-identifies（自诩）as a Democrat.

布兰克费恩支持大部分民主党派的候选人，他自诩是一个民主党派人士。

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Personal life

Lloyd Blankfein was born in the Bronx Borough of New York City, to a Jewish family. His father was a clerk with the U.S. Postal Service branch in the Manhattan borough of New York City and his mother was a receptionist. As a boy, he worked as a concession vendor（卖主）at Yankee Stadium. He received primary and secondary education in the public schools of the New York City Department of Education and was the valedictorian（告别演说者）at Thomas Jefferson High School. He attended Harvard College, where he lived in Winthrop House and earned his A.B. In 1978, Blankfein received a J.D. degree from Harvard Law School.

Blankfein is married to the former Laura Jacobs. The couple has two sons and a daughter. His kids all graduated from Harvard University.

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在美国这样一个崇尚自我奋斗的社会，布兰克费恩的经历就是一部好莱坞式的励志片。出生于普通邮政工人家庭，在纽约最糟糕的廉租房社区长大，年幼的布兰克费恩总是有一种独特的气质，做游戏他是最快取胜的那一个，而伙伴们遇到疑问时也都会自然而然地来请教聪慧的布兰克费恩。16岁时布兰克费恩成功申请哈佛大学并获得奖学金入校学习。对于平常人而言成功申请哈佛大学是一件多么荣耀的事情，因为哈佛是世界一流的学府，那里汇聚了最智慧的火花。可是布兰克费恩并不是因为这些选择哈佛，而仅仅是因为他曾经听说有一个大学的名字叫哈佛。

Career

Before joining Goldman, Blankfein worked for Proskauer Roseand then Donovan, Leisure, Newton & Irvine. In 1981, he joined Goldman's commodities trading arm, J. Aron & Co., as a precious metals salesman in its London office. He has served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Goldman Sachs since 2006. He earned a total of $54.4 million in 2006 as one of the highest paid executives on Wall Street.

In 2009, the Financial Times named Blankfe in its “2009 Person of the Year”, stating, “His bank has stuck to its strengths, unashamedly（厚颜无耻）taken advantage of the low interest rates and diminished（削弱）competition resulting from the crisis to make big trading profits.” Critics of Goldman Sachs and Wall Street have taken issue with those practices. Taking a different view, Forbes listed Blankfein as one of “the Most Outrageous CEOs of 2009".

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大学毕业后，他找到了一份税务律师的工作。和许多踌躇满志的年轻人一样，第一份工作并没有让布兰克费恩找到自己想要的感觉。他在寻找跳槽的机会。一天，一个偶然的机会他看到高盛的招聘信息，于是他递出了自己的简历。这一次应聘，这位聪颖思维敏捷的哈佛高材生并没有得到高盛的青睐，相反他被拒之门外。1981年布兰克费恩从税务律师的岗位脱离出来，进入一个鲜为人知的商品贸易公司J.Aron工作，成为一名业务员。但是他没有想到，不久J.Aron因为总体颓势无法扭转被高盛并购。就这样布兰克费恩连同J.Aron都变成了高盛的一部分。

妙语连珠

First, confidence really important. Recognize you have earned the right to be confident. Most of you have made great sacrifices（牺牲）and overcome（克服）great obstacles（障碍）to get where you are today. You built up muscles that others who've had an easier time don't have. Those muscles will serve you for the rest of your life.

Second, find a job that you like. You'll be better at it and you'll last longer in it. Having said that, in a tough economy or because of family pressures（压力）, you may not a ways be able take a risk with a job choice. And, no doubt, we've all settled at various times.

Third, be a well rounded, complete person. Many of you will go for further education or career training. Of course, it's important to learn the things that you need to make a living. But, don't forget to read and to learn history, literature and about current events.

Fourth, be involved in the community. Find ways to contribute to make yourself proud and set an example to your kids. Making a living is not life. It is a means to an end, not the end. You have to feel proud of yourself. There are always going to be people who struggle and for whom community work is not a realistic（现实主义的）option, but try.

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人生不可设限。出生在纽约的平民窟，劳埃德·布兰克费恩通过学习改变了自己的命运。在律师工作足以养活他的时候，他坚决为了做自己想做的事而选择辞职。演讲中，他给出了具体的几点建议：要自信；要找到自己喜欢的工作；做一个“全面、完整的人”；要回报社会，保持开放的心态，要与有野心的人为伍，要积极投身到有利于成长的机会中。