didn’t go as planned. Stacks of invitations were later discovered in Berlin’s Nazi headquarters after the war. Corinna Lothar, “Gem of the North—St. Petersburg Reclaims Its Glory as Russia’s ‘Window to the West,’ ”
172 short, fat, bearded guy who wore tube socks: Jenny Anderson, “Goldman Runs Risks, Reaps Rewards,”
172 Blankfein’s beginnings: Neil Weinberg, “Sachs Appeal,”
172 dating a Wellesley student from Kansas City, he took a summer job at Hallmark: Ellis,
172 “If we don’t show up Monday it’s because we’ve hit the jackpot”: Craig, “How One Executive Reig nited,”
172 “prelife crisis”: Ibid.
173 taking a job as a salesman of gold coins and bars, she cried: Ibid. Also see “Laura Jacobs Engaged to Lloyd C. Blankfein,”
173 the firm acquired J. Aron in late October 1981: On October 29, 1981, Goldman Sachs announced its acquisition of J. Aron & Company for an undisclosed amount (at the time industry experts said it was “slightly more than $100 million”). H. J. Maidenberg, “Goldman Sachs Buys Big Commodity Dealer,”
173 they pounded their desks with their fists and threw their: Endlich,
173 “You can call yourself contessa, if you want”: Bethany McLean, “Rising Star: Lloyd Blankfein, Goldman Sachs,”
173 Winkelman first noticed Blankfein: Craig, “How One Executive Reignited,”
174 “We’ve never seen it work to put”: Ellis,
174 structuring a trade that allowed a Muslim client to obey the Koran’s proscriptions: Craig, “How One Executive Reignited,”
174 Winkelman was crushed when he was passed over for Corzine: Adrian Cox and George Stein, “Winkelman, Denied Top Goldman Job, Seeks to Fix Refco,” Bloomberg News, October 24, 2005.
174 he announced that he had selected Blankfein as his replacement: Jenny Anderson, “Blankfein Next in Line at Goldman,”
174 “Legally, we would be buying Morgan”: Ellis,
175 Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act: Barbara A. Rehm, “Commerce, a Reform Gem, in Fed ’s Hands,”
177 collateral dispute with AIG: Serena Ng, “Goldman Confirms $6 Billion AIG Bets
177 Dmitry Medvedev had recently been elected to succeed him: Medvedev was elected Russia’s president on Sunday, March 2, 2008, after Putin had officially endorsed him in December. Peter Finn, “Putin’s Chosen Successor, Medvedev, Elected in Russia; Power-Sharing Is Main Focus After a Crushing Win,”
178 visiting the Persian Gulf states; attending the Group of Eight meeting of finance ministers in Osaka: Paulson’s trip began at the end of May with Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates. In Abu Dhabi, he delivered a speech on the importance of open investment and then headed off to Osaka, where he met with Japanese finance minister Fukushiro Nukaga, before the G8 conference began. “Treasury Secretary Paulson to Travel to the Middle East,” Department of the Treasury Press Releases/Statements, May 28, 2008; “Nukaga, Paulson Set to Meet Ahead of G-8 Finance Ministers’ Talks,” Japan Economic Newswire, June 13, 2008.
178 “To address the perception that some institutions”: “Remarks by U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry M. Paulson, Jr. on the U.S., the World Economy and Markets before the Chatham House,” July 2, 2008. See http://www.treas.gov/press/releases/hp1064.htm.
179 Spaso House: See moscow.usembassy.gov/spaso.html.
179 private sessions with Medvedev and Putin: David Lawder, “Paulson in Russia to Meet with Medvedev, Putin,” Reuters, June 29, 2008.
179 “best practices”: “Putin—No Sovereign Wealth Fund in Russia Yet,” Reuters, June 30, 2008.
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181 rehire Michael Gelband and Alex Kirk: See Susanne Craig, “Gelband, Kirk Rejoin Lehman in Shake-Up,”
182 classmates at the University of Michigan Business School: Susanne Craig, “Lehman Vet Grapples with the Firm’s Repair,”
182 on Little St. Simons Island: According to Paulson’s calendar, he left Dulles Airport at 8:00 a.m. on Friday, July 4, 2008, headed for Georgia, where he would “remain overnight” for three nights.
183 Paulsons bought up three quarters of the ten-thousand-acre property: Mary Jane Credeur, “Paulson’s Georgia Investment Rises as Blind Trust Becomes Joke,” Bloomberg News, January 14, 2008.
183 “The U. S. economy is … facing a trio of headwinds”: From Paulson’s speech in London on the U.S., the world economy and markets, July 2, 2008. See http://www.treas.gov/press/releases/hp1064.htm.
