March 5, 2026· 48 min

Former Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein on Why He Doesn't Tweet

Oral Indicators

Agonistic25%
very, certainly, totally
Engagement90%
you'll, you, your
Memory Aids100%
see, right, now
Repetition100%
know (158x), like (71x), it's (70x)
Parallelism79%
But by embedding AI across HR,..., And Joe Weisenthal...., And I'll tell you why....
Sound Patterns74%
78 question(s), alliteration: "tend to", alliteration: "trying to"
Formulaic Phrases9%
the fact of the matter, at the end of the day, let me tell you

Literate Indicators

Hedging6%
could, may, probably
Passive Voice5%
is designed, was supposed, were surprised
Abstract Nouns18%
business, information, payment
Subordination9%
since, because, while
Sentence Length30%
Avg: 12.5 words/sentence
Word Complexity44%
business, overly, complicated
Academic Markers3%
according to
Impersonal Style10%
952 personal pronouns found
Descriptive Style54%
overly, automatically, actually

Description

Lloyd Blankfein was CEO of Goldman Sachs for more than a decade, riding the trading boom to the top of the storied investment bank and steering it through the 2008 financial crisis. In his new memoir, Streetwise: Getting To and Through Goldman Sachs, he writes about his journey from public housing in Brooklyn to the pinnacle of Wall Street. So what's he up to now? And how does he see markets and finance today? In this episode, we talk about deglobalization and Wall Street, the threats AI and tech pose to investment banking, risk management in private credit, and rich people's attitudes towards taxes. Plus, Lloyd shares some of what he left out of the book and he explains why he doesn't tweet more. Read more: Goldman’s Solomon Is Watching for ‘Frothiness’ in Private Credit Private Market Titans Warn of Pain as Credit Cracks Widen Only http://Bloomberg.com subscribers can get the Odd Lots newsletter in their inbox each week, plus unlimited access to the site and app. Subscribe at  bloomberg.com/subscriptions/oddlots Subscribe to the Odd Lots Newsletter Join the conversation: discord.gg/oddlots See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.