Words You Wouldn't Expect From a Goldman Guy
Rob Kaplan was 48 years old when he decided to retire as vice chairman of Goldman Sachs Group Inc. ( GS ).
The year was 2006, a mortgage-fueled U.S. economy revved full throttle, and Goldman Sachs was at the top of its game.
The U.S. economy had yet to collapse. Hank Paulson , the former Goldman Sachs chairman and Treasury secretary under President Bush, had yet to push for the once-unthinkable bailout of Wall Street's private investment banks. And Rolling Stone magazine had yet to brand Goldman Sachs the "great vampire squid wrapped around the face of humanity, relentlessly jamming its blood funnel into anything that smells like money."
Who leaves the world's most powerful investment bank during the world's greatest financial boom? Who walks away from multimillion-dollar annual bonuses to "retire" at age 48?
"What was it that Jerry Seinfeld said? You want to walk off the stage while they are still clapping for an encore," Kaplan told me in a telephone interview. "I've always remembered that...I tried to end while things were still good."
Leaving Goldman Sachs was brutally painful, Kaplan said, but also quite lucky. Kaplan had simply followed his muse. He liked working with clients, but over time, he felt his industry shift emphasis from clients to computer algorithms.
"Everybody thinks Wall Street is about making money," Kaplan said. "At the great firms, the vision is about serving clients."
Kaplan opened a new chapter in his life as professor of management practice at Harvard Business School. He wanted to take the good that he gathered in 22 years at Goldman Sachs and share it with hundreds of CEOs and business leaders.
He's now out with a book, What to ask the person in the mirror? Critical Questions for Becoming a More Effective Leader and Reaching Your Potential. It's garnered endorsements from Mohamed El-Erian, CEO of investment-management giant Pimco, as well as supermodel Tyra Banks, who looks good in any mirror.
Imagine a leadership book written by an actual leader--as opposed to a self-appointed guru. Imagine a Goldman Sachs guy who looks in the mirror and asks questions--as opposed to just excessively preening himself. And imagine a kid from Kansas, springing up like a sunflower to land one of the top jobs on Wall Street.
Kaplan grew up in Kansas City, the son of a jewelry salesman, and went to the University of Kansas before getting his MBA at Harvard in 1983. Perhaps this is why he says things one wouldn't expect from a former Goldman Sachs guy.
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