Correction: I don’t suppose you can get more successful “than” Lloyd Blankfein. Ugh. This is why I don’t run Goldman Sachs.
I just realized I did know someone who was very prestigious in his field. I was introduced to my first husband (not the good one that I have now) by Nobel Laureate Salvador Luria. He died in 1991, though.
I have a cousin that has made it onto the Wall Street Journal’s list of most powerful women, not too far under Oprah. She is considered the best in managing her particular type of business, and thus is compensated at a ridiculously high salary. Enough that she can buy an interest in a professional sports team “just because she’s always liked them.” She’s also endowed a full tuition scholarship at her alma mater that bears her name (awarded to 3 students/year), so she’s using some of her money to help others get ahead.
Wow, I am so pathetic. I don’t know anyone in this category.
“Inherit the Wind” is one of my favorites. About 10 years ago, H and I saw a production with Brian Dennehy and Christopher Plummer. One of the conceits of the production was that audience members could sit on the stage in the jury box. Ironically, those tickets were cheaper. We had our two oldest sons (16 and 12 at the time) with us. For some reason, whenever Brian Dennehy turned around, he managed to spit on my younger son! To this day, when we see Dennehy on TV, we just fall over laughing about how he spit and spit on our poor son, who has not seen another play since then!
Recently found a family friend closely associated with my mother and her family was associated with the Flying Tigers and worked with General Claire Chennault as a liaison officer before the US entry into WWII.
Okay, @techmom99, that is funny about the spit. That would have been fun to sit in the jury box, spit and all!
First names basis? A pulitzer prize winner.
I lived with the family of George London, the opera singer on weekends my senior year in high school. I heard some great stories that year.
Oh–I’ve known two different presidents of the NAACP
Did someone already ask the point of this thread? When you meet these people, they are just people. You don’t think about whether they are prestigeous or not. You joke and talk like with everyone else. Unless you are interviewing their “prestige” Doesn’t come up.
Had a couple of former WWF heavyweight champions as clients. They were surprisngly soft spoken outside the ring.
I know a fair number of Olympic athletes.
An old boyfriend won an academy award (director).
One good friend from college is CEO of a major company, and another is CFO of a major company. I knew Madonna in high school, but we were not friends.