A senior London-based investment banker has apparently bet that Lloyd Blankfein will be out at Goldman Sachs within two years and he said he would back it up with millions of pounds.
Asked about the wager over Mr. Blankfein, Goldman spokesman Lucas van Praag said: “It is preposterous that The Wall Street Journal would even consider publishing such effluent.”
But preposterous or not, there is a much bigger question here. Who, who in the world could possibly replace Lloyd? Who is prepared, willing and ready to do God’s work?
(And who is that “London-based senior i-banker?”)
hank paulson
I have no idea, but would be very interested to hear of the vetting/interview process for such a position. Anyone care to pontificate?
Gary Cohn
Can I just say something here? Lucas Van Praag is the greatest spokesman on the street. That man deserves $100MM.
I mean, are we talking GS pulling out all the stops? Moose head? Dog tricks? 30-second rule? Knowing glances? Applause?
Please advise.
Fyi Yael. This may be news to jews, but not to gentiles. This is something the book of Revelation has predicted will happen.
You have not lived until you have experienced the sweet woolly love of a sheep.
-Houston trader from Arkansas
@4 Agree with you. What GS need is a man/woman of Anal_yst's acumen to make sense of it all.
Will he ascend into heaven?
You think God's chosen investment bank would hesitate for a second before throwing LLoyd down the stairs to save their precious comp?
Bess, why is the site redirecting to some chinese medicine site?
@14 because your computer has an infection of some sort
Anal_us, Anal_yst, Anal_tas
With the sleek design and trendy, cutting edge features the new iPad could easily run Goldman Sachs by itself.
-Emaciated guy with a black mock turtleneck
Cupertino, CA
"And one of the elders saith unto me, Weep not: behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, hath prevailed to open the book, and to loose the seven seals thereof".
The departure of Lloyd must surely be interpreted as the harbinger of the opening of the Fifth Seal (Vision of martyrdom or martyrs).
The opening of the Sixth Seal (Cosmic Disturbances or Heavenly Signs) will be confirmed if my 2009 incentive compensation exceeds that of 2008.
John
1. I'm thoroughly confused at the above comments.
2. LVP is the man, or something.
We made them drink poison last night and Saddam Hussein's soldiers and his great forces gave the Americans a lesson which will not be forgotten by history. Truly.
–BB
For the sweet love of God, it finally dawned on me, This man looks like Elmer Fudd!
camel, meet the eye of the needle.
Hey Anal_yst, what do you think it would be like to make love to Lloyd?
-guy who wonders what other people think about stuff
[...] Almost three months ago, an absurd story appeared in the Wall Street Journal, which quoted an unnamed senior London-based investment banker, who’d said he’d bet a bunch of people at Davos a few million pounds that Lloyd Blankfein would be out as CEO of Goldman Sachs within two years. It was ridiculous! We thought so, Lloyd thought so, and you know Lucas van Praag thought so, having told the paper, “It is preposterous that The Wall Street Journal would even consider publishing such effluent.” On Friday, the theory was discredited even further when Dick Bové, snapping her fingers and seeing the perfect opportunity to get Ken Lewis off the couch, wrote that she doesn’t think Blankfein and CFO David Viniar will “maintain their positions in the company, and must “fall on their swords for the devastating decline in [Goldman's] persona…for public relations reasons.” All of this is bull shit, obviously. Lloyd will be doing no stepping down and not just because everything in the executive suite is already fitted to the exact measurements of his golden scrot and would be a bitch to replace. So we’ll ask this just once and then move on to more important questions, like what LB’s going to do to Messier Fantabulous once his feet touch US soil (management soliciting suggestions now). [...]
[...] Almost three months ago, an absurd story appeared in the Wall Street Journal, which quoted an unnamed senior London-based investment banker, who’d said he’d bet a bunch of people at Davos a few million pounds that Lloyd Blankfein would be out as CEO of Goldman Sachs within two years. It was ridiculous! We thought so, Lloyd thought so, and you know Lucas van Praag thought so, having told the paper, “It is preposterous that The Wall Street Journal would even consider publishing such effluent.” On Friday, the theory was discredited even further when Dick Bové, snapping her fingers and seeing the perfect opportunity to get Ken Lewis off the couch, wrote that she doesn’t think Blankfein and CFO David Viniar will “maintain their positions in the company, and must “fall on their swords for the devastating decline in [Goldman's] persona…for public relations reasons.” All of this is bull shit, obviously. Lloyd will be doing no stepping down and not just because everything in the executive suite is already fitted to the exact measurements of his golden scrot and would be a bitch to replace. So we’ll ask this just once and then move on to more important questions, like what LB’s going to do to Messier Fantabulous once his feet touch US soil (management soliciting suggestions now). [...]