Wall St. Execs Get Stock Bonuses in Show of Restraint

After a record-breaking year and speculation of a $100 million bonus payout, Goldman Sachs Group Inc. CEO Lloyd Blankfein is taking home a relatively modest $9 million bonus in deferred stock options, the company said last Friday.
Wall St. Execs Get Stock Bonuses in Show of Restraint
REWARDED: Lloyd Blankfein, CEO of Goldman Sachs, testifies during a public hearing of the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission. Blankfein will be paid $9 million in bonuses for 2009, all in deferred stock. Tim Sloan/AFP/Getty Images
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REWARDED: Lloyd Blankfein, CEO of Goldman Sachs, testifies during a public hearing of the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission. Blankfein will be paid $9 million in bonuses for 2009, all in deferred stock. (Tim Sloan/AFP/Getty Images)