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Former Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein Says the Market Is Due for a Reckoning

What the former Wall Street CEO thinks about the risks of private credit, running a bank during the global financial crisis, and investing as a retiree.

Lloyd Blankfein, former chief executive officer of Goldman Sachs Group Inc., speaks with David Gura during an interview in New York, US, on Thursday, February 26, 2026.Photographer: Michael Nagle

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By David Gura and Julia Press

March 1, 2026 at 5:06 PM UTC

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After steering one of Wall Street’s iconic investment banks through the financial crisis, former Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein is investing his own money and, with the publication of a new memoir, reflecting on his time at the firm.