Lloyd Blankfein Was a History Major. Just Sayin'

Business majors who are beavering away in college on accounting and finance in hopes of becoming the next Lloyd Blankfein might like to know that the original Lloyd Blankfein was a history major long before he ran Goldman Sachs.

Today at the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, Harvard University President Drew Gilpin Faust cited Blankfein’s college studies to make her case that humanities—including history—“are more important than ever.” She said the study of history helps students understand change.