Lloyd Blankfein’s post-retirement plans include Twitter

The chairman of Goldman Sachs will follow people's advice and take a couple of weeks off.

By ET Bureau | Aug 08, 2018, 08.49 AM IST

It can’t be easy to wake up one morning and know that you no longer run one of the largest investment banks in the world. It’s kind of like experiencing the calm that follows the storm. Something that Lloyd Blankfein, soon-to-be former chairman of Goldman Sachs (GS) is perhaps bracing himself for, as he prepares to put behind his GS stint formally in the coming months.

However, reports suggest that Blankfein’s post-GS life will hardly be that of a retiree’s. There is speculation about the next plum posting that he may be offered. After all, in an interview, he has said that he is “now on the job market”.

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Of course the job hunt must wait. First, he’ll “follow people’s advice and take at least a couple of weeks off”. And while on his break, he can indulge in that new-found interest of his — composing 160-character messages, to share with the world, or as he puts it, “unrestrained tweeting”. All, while enjoying the comforts of his 15, Central Park West residence in Manhattan.

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