<a gi-track='captionPersonalityLinkClicked' href=/galleries/search?phrase=Lloyd+Blankfein&family=editorial&specificpeople=4085054 ng-click='$event.stopPropagation()'>Lloyd Blankfein</a>, chairman and chief executive officer of Goldman Sachs Group Inc., pauses during a television interview following a meeting with U.S. President Barack Obama at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2013. U.S. Obama urged Congress to postpone automatic spending cuts scheduled to begin March 1 to avoid 'real and lasting impacts' on U.S. economic growth. Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images