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Lloyd Blankfein finds the bright side in shooting at press dinner: 'No ...
By Tracy Connor You're currently following this author! Want to unfollow? Unsubscribe via the link in your email. Lloyd Blankfein was at the White House Correspondents' Dinner when shots rang out. Bloomberg/Getty Images 2026-04-26T22:24:47.796Z Lloyd Blankfein, senior chairman of Goldman Sachs, was at the White House Correspondents' Dinner. The 71-year-old seems to be unrattled by the shooting that took place during the event. "On the positive side — was exciting, no one was killed, and ended early," he wrote on X. Apparently, nothing rattles Lloyd Blankfein, the senior chairman of Goldman Sachs — not even a shooting at the White House Correspondents' Dinner. The 71-year-old billionaire, who was raised in the public housing projects of Brooklyn's East New York before he went to Harvard, reportedly had a nonchalant reaction to the chaos unfolding around him Saturday.CBS News Editor-in-Chief Bari Weiss wrote in a post on X that while writer and podcaster Coleman Hughes was crouched under a table, Blankfein piped up, "Are you going to finish that salad?"things I never thought I’d hear while crouching under a table at an active shooter incident: “hey, are you gonna finish your salad?”— Coleman Hughes (@coldxman) April 26, 2026 Was Blankfein serious or just trying to break the tension? Unclear — but he kept it light when he later posted on X about the shooting that erupted near the metal detectors at the Washington Hilton while President Donald Trump was on stage.He called his appearance at the so-called "nerd prom," attended by hundreds of journalists and politicians, "a rare DC trip for me without a subpoena." Blankfein, who was CEO of Goldman Sachs from 2006 to 2018, famously testified before Congress in 2010 about the bank's role in the financial crisis. His insouciance didn't stop there. While many dinner attendees later described the shooting of a Secret Service agent and the evacuation of Trump and other guests as traumatic and terrifying, Blankfein seems to be a glass-half-full kind of guy."On the positive side—was exciting, no one was killed, and ended early," he wrote.Was at the WH Correspondents dinner last night, a rare DC trip for me without a subpoena. On the positive side—was exciting, no one was killed, and ended early. I noted a new litmus for status among the gov’t elite—whether you were whisked away by secret service, or left to fend.— Lloyd Blankfein (@lloydblankfein) April 26, 2026 The Secret Service agent who was shot was saved ...
Lloyd Blankfein - Forbes
From the EditorLast Updated Mar 10, 2026, 1:01am EDTLloyd Blankfein was chairman and CEO of financial behemoth Goldman Sachs from 2006 to 2018, when he was succeeded by David Solomon.Before leading Goldman Sachs, he worked under then-CEO Henry Paulson as the company's president and chief operations officer from 2004 to 2006.Blankfein first became a partner at the firm in 1988.Blankfein grew up in the projects in Brooklyn, graduated as a valedictorian from Thomas Jefferson High School before getting history and law degrees from Harvard.Wealth HistoryHOVER TO REVEAL NET WORTH BY YEARForbes Lists#2386#47Personal StatsAge71Source of WealthBanking, Self MadeResidenceNew York, New YorkCitizenshipUnited StatesMarital StatusMarriedChildren3EducationDoctor of Jurisprudence, Harvard University; Bachelor of Arts/Science, Harvard UniversityDid you knowBlankfein was diagnosed with lymphoma late in 2015, and after months of chemotherapy, he said he was likely cured of the disease.Related People & Companies
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WHCA dinner shooting live updates: Suspect referenced ... - NewsBreak
The suspect in the shooting incident at the White House Correspondents Association dinner Saturday night was armed with a shotgun, a handgun and multiple knives, officials said at a press briefing late Saturday night.
