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Lloyd Blankfein

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The a16z Show
Lloyd Blankfein on Risk, Crisis, and Leadership

Exactly.

The a16z Show
Lloyd Blankfein on Risk, Crisis, and Leadership

Harvard definitely changed my perspective on what's possible.

The a16z Show
Lloyd Blankfein on Risk, Crisis, and Leadership

I always say I learned more from my peers than I did from my classes.

The a16z Show
Lloyd Blankfein on Risk, Crisis, and Leadership

I'm just curious if you had a similar experience.

The a16z Show
Lloyd Blankfein on Risk, Crisis, and Leadership

I would say that I grew up with Manhattan looming in the distance.

The a16z Show
Lloyd Blankfein on Risk, Crisis, and Leadership

I think I probably, when I was, before I went to college, I probably went into Manhattan first.

The a16z Show
Lloyd Blankfein on Risk, Crisis, and Leadership

three times or something like that.

The a16z Show
Lloyd Blankfein on Risk, Crisis, and Leadership

And I think twice was to the Radio City Music Hall Christmas show.

The a16z Show
Lloyd Blankfein on Risk, Crisis, and Leadership

And I know once of them was an interview to go to Harvard.

The a16z Show
Lloyd Blankfein on Risk, Crisis, and Leadership

And that was a big deal.

The a16z Show
Lloyd Blankfein on Risk, Crisis, and Leadership

We might as well have been

The a16z Show
Lloyd Blankfein on Risk, Crisis, and Leadership

$5,000 away from it because I grew up in public housing.

The a16z Show
Lloyd Blankfein on Risk, Crisis, and Leadership

It was, this won't mean anything to you.

The a16z Show
Lloyd Blankfein on Risk, Crisis, and Leadership

It was a two fare zone.

The a16z Show
Lloyd Blankfein on Risk, Crisis, and Leadership

You had to take a bus to the subway to get to the city.

The a16z Show
Lloyd Blankfein on Risk, Crisis, and Leadership

Probably took a long time to get there.

The a16z Show
Lloyd Blankfein on Risk, Crisis, and Leadership

I grew up in public housing, NYCHA, where I think there's a gradation of incomes that you can have.

The a16z Show
Lloyd Blankfein on Risk, Crisis, and Leadership

There's different levels of public housing.

The a16z Show
Lloyd Blankfein on Risk, Crisis, and Leadership

And I think if you made more than $90 a week, you couldn't live in that particular building.

The a16z Show
Lloyd Blankfein on Risk, Crisis, and Leadership

So