Increasingly however, bankers want to be seen as human beings and not as money machines. I was amused that even Lloyd Blankfein, the chief executive of Goldman Sachs, is keen to portray a cuddlier image. In March, Blankfein appeared on CBS’s evening news programme espousing the cause of gay marriage.
“We are a big employer, [and] it’s a business issue as well as a civil rights issue,” he said earnestly. And then just to show that bankers can do empathy, Lloyd continued: “I know there are still people today who are living lives burdened by not being able to reveal who they really are and are living in a state of discomfort.
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