Former Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein said helium couldn't ideate returning to his aged firm, disputing a quality study that said Blankfein offered to instrumentality successful immoderate capacity.
The New York Times portion "misquoted" Blankfein, the erstwhile Goldman CEO told CNBC Monday successful a telephone conversation.
The Times reported Friday that Blankfein told his successor, David Solomon, successful a June telephone telephone that helium was increasing impatient with the firm's progress. He could instrumentality to assistance their efforts, the Times reported.
"My speech with him was, I offered to beryllium helpful," said Blankfein, who expressed enactment for Solomon. "I ne'er utilized the connection 'return'."
A New York Times typical didn't instantly instrumentality a petition for comment.
Solomon, who took over from Blankfein successful October 2018, has been nether occurrence for months for an ill-fated user banking effort. Current and erstwhile Goldman executives person leaked damaging details to the property astir losses tied to the strategy, arsenic good arsenic embarrassing anecdotes astir Solomon's enactment benignant and DJ hobby.
When asked if helium would instrumentality to helm Goldman, arsenic CEOs astatine Disney and Starbucks person done successful caller years, Blankfein laughed and said it ne'er came up successful conversation.
"I can't ideate returning to the firm," Blankfein said. "I deliberation my days moving 100-hour weeks are over."
Blankfein past said helium couldn't talk further arsenic helium was successful the midst of 1 of his status pursuits — playing a circular of golf.
