Lloyd Blankfein

Born in the Bronx and raised in the Brooklyn housing projects, Lloyd Blankfein's origin story is pure Horatio Alger, if Horatio Alger had a penchant for M&A and making more money than Midas could dream of. He worked his way through Harvard Law and, after a stint in tax law, joined Goldman Sachs, eventually becoming CEO in 2006. Talk about a glow-up from humble beginnings.

During his tenure, Blankfein famously declared that Goldman Sachs was