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Ex Goldman Sachs CEO got into Harvard University at 16 from public housing—and says higher education is the best way to break into the middle class
Lloyd Blankfein, the former CEO of financial giant Goldman Sachs, says education is the “real accelerator” of wealth and success—hitting back at anti-college leaders like Peter Thiel.
Blankfein has witnessed the power of a strong college education firsthand. The billionaire finance leader was born into public housing in Brooklyn, sharing a bedroom in his small New York City apartment with his grandmother or sister until he went off to college. At the time, his high school was on the brink of shutting down, Blankfein told CBS earlier this year—but the then-teenager battened down the…
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