David Solomon Leads $31 Million Night for UJA Wall Street
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With David Solomon as an honoree and Lloyd Blankfein as chair, the UJA-Federation of New York Wall Street Dinner raised $31 million Monday night, a success that had humble beginnings.
Solomon, chief executive officer of Goldman Sachs, recalled the first UJA event he attended, when he was 10 or 11 years old, living in Hartsdale, New York.