Thursday, Mar. 19, 2009

Lloyd Blankfein

AGE: 54
OCCUPATION: Goldman Sachs chairman and CEO
PREVIOUS APPEARANCES ON THE TIME 100: 1

PRO: His firm survived the meltdown, even receiving a reported $6 billion from the AIG bailout ...

CON: ... but that couldn't prevent a massive round of layoffs, including nearly 10% of the company's workforce.