The most impressive CEO?

[eastcoastochse]

<p>I find Lloyd Blankfein to be a “monster” in the business world.</p>

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Blankfein was born in the Bronx borough of New York City, raised Jewish[2] and reared in Brooklyn’s Linden Houses, part of the New York City Housing Authority[citation needed]. His father was a clerk with the U.S. Postal Service branch in the Manhattan borough of New York City[3] and his mother, a receptionist. As a boy, he worked as a concession vendor at Yankee Stadium. He received primary and secondary education in the public schools of the New York City Department of Education, and was the valedictorian at Thomas Jefferson High School in 1971. He attended Harvard, where he lived in Winthrop House, and earned his B.A. degree in 1975. In 1978, Blankfein received a J.D. degree from Harvard Law School.</p>

<p>Blankfein worked as a corporate tax lawyer for the law firm Donovan, Leisure, Newton & Irvine. In 1981, he joined Goldman’s commodities trading arm, J. Aron & Co., as a precious metals salesman in its London office.

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<p>Any other takes? Blankfein seems to be the ideal “rags-to-riches” CEO to me.</p>

[eastcoastochse]

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At Ardsley High School he had excelled in the classics before in his junior year transferring to Phillips Exeter Academy, where Zuckerberg won prizes in science (math, astronomy and physics) and Classical studies (on his college application, Zuckerberg listed as non-English languages he could read and write: French, Hebrew, Latin, and ancient Greek) and was a fencing star and captain of the fencing team.[14][15][16][17] In college, he was known for reciting lines from epic poems such as The Iliad.[14]

My second favorite is the Zuck. Check him out on Mark Zuckerberg . The minimum number of letters required for your personal facebook ID (the word behind facebook.com) is 5, but his is the only exception.</p>

<p>He seems to be an ideal CC applicant. Other than that, his marketing strategy is quite impressive.</p>

[Dad_of_3]

<p>Don’t know if all of this is true, but it so, it’s impressive:
[What</a> Ratan Tata did for the Mumbai Terrorist Attack Victims | Inspirational Message on Pravs World](<a href=“http://www.pravsworld.com/content/inspiration/378/what-ratan-tata-did-for-the-mumbai-terrorist-attack-victims]What”>Welcome pravsworld.com - BlueHost.com)</p>

[BunsenBurner]

<p>Dad of 3, that is way more impressive to me than someone’s climb from rags to riches.</p>

<p>If this Wiki article is correct, then what this guy did is also impressive:</p>

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Cantor Fitzgerald’s corporate headquarters and New York City office,[3][4] on the 101st-105th floors of One World Trade Center in Lower Manhattan (2-6 floors above the impact zone of a hijacked airliner), were destroyed during the September 11, 2001 attacks. Cantor Fitzgerald lost 658 employees (all of the employees in the office at the time of the attacks), or about two-thirds of its workforce, considerably more than any other of the World Trade Center tenants or the New York City Police Department and New York City Fire Department. The company was able to bring its trading markets back online within a week, and CEO and chairman Howard Lutnick, whose brother was among those killed, vowed to keep the company alive.</p>

<p>On September 19, Cantor Fitzgerald made a pledge to distribute 25 percent of the firm’s profits for the next five years, and committed to paying for ten years of health care, for the benefit of the families of its 658 former Cantor Fitzgerald, eSpeed, and TradeSpark employees (profits which would otherwise have been distributed to the Cantor Fitzgerald partners).[5] In 2006 the company completed its promise, having paid a total of $180million<a href="and%20an%20additional%20$17million%20from%20a%20relief%20fund%20run%20by%20Lutnick’s%20sister,%20Edie">5</a>.

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[razorsharp]

<p>The question of who is the most impressive CEO is not even a close call for me. Obviously, it is Steve Jobs. He took a company that was left for dead after Microsoft used its illegal monopoly power to destroy Apple and then resurrected the company. Apple is now neck and neck with Exxon to have the largest market capitalization in America. Jobs is truly amazing. </p>

<p>As to Zuckerberg, the guy is a creep and a thief. I fail to see how anyone could consider him impressive. It’s like saying a mafia leader is impressive. Facebook is stolen property. People should not be able to get rich in American through theft.</p>

[kelsmom]

<p>Lutnick has my vote. If more moral and ethical people were in charge of U.S. companies (and the government … but I digress), it would be a really positive change.</p>

<p>And Tata is also a true role model.</p>

[rockymtnhigh]

<p>past-Ben and Jerry</p>

[eastcoastochse]

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As to Zuckerberg, the guy is a creep and a thief. I fail to see how anyone could consider him impressive. It’s like saying a mafia leader is impressive. Facebook is stolen property. People should not be able to get rich in American through theft.

Hahaha, oh well.</p>

<p>Jobs is amazing.</p>

[HImom]

<p>I also vote for Lutnick! Would like him to be our next president or speaker of the house or senate. We need more folks like him to turn our country around!</p>

[eastcoastochse]

<p>Do we have any CEOs among parents?</p>

[HImom]

<p>You mean among us CC parents? In the non-profit world, especially in smaller orgs, we often don’t have CEOs. I know there is none in our org, just me, an executive director and my on-call staff and volunteers.</p>

[eastcoastochse]

<p>I meant whether we have any CEO parents who post regularly on CC.</p>

[VeryHappy]

<p>I doubt they would have the time!!</p>

[eastcoastochse]

<p>Not even small business owners?</p>

[VeryHappy]

<p>Good point. I was thinking of the big honchos.</p>

[barrons]

<p>Steve Jobs. By a mile. Blankfein is just another Wall Street thief. They use market controls, insider info, and manipulation to screw over people/countries. Jobs has to actually invent things people will want and then outdo every other firm trying to do the same–many with more $$$$ until now.</p>

[AL34]

<p>Jim Sinegal - Costco
Hardworking, humble and treats the employees like gold, I can’t say enough about how he has treated those in the company like family while running without dispute one of the most successful operations in retail.
[Jim</a> Sinegal: Costco CEO Focuses on Employees - US News and World Report](<a href=“http://www.usnews.com/news/best-leaders/articles/2009/10/22/jim-sinegal-costco-ceo-focuses-on-employees]Jim”>http://www.usnews.com/news/best-leaders/articles/2009/10/22/jim-sinegal-costco-ceo-focuses-on-employees)</p>

[emeraldkity4]

<p>Steve Jobs. By a mile. Blankfein is just another Wall Street thief. They use market controls, insider info, and manipulation to screw over people/countries. Jobs has to actually invent things people will want and then outdo every other firm trying to do the same–many with more $$$$ until now.</p>

<p>You’ve probably heard this.
[Apple</a> has more cash than the U.S. Treasury - latimes.com](<a href=“http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-apple-cash-20110730,0,6198166.story]Apple”>Apple has more cash than the U.S. Treasury)</p>

[eastcoastochse]

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You’ve probably heard this.
Apple has more cash than the U.S. Treasury - latimes.com

This gave me an inspiration to start this thread, as a matter of fact.</p>

[thumper1]

<p>Steve Jobs…he’s amazing.</p>