16 David Heller

If there is one person other than Gary Cohn (see No. 10) who has a shot at succeeding Lloyd Blankfein as Goldman’s CEO, it is David Heller, 42, say insiders.

Rodgin (Rodge) Cohen, 65, seemed to be everywhere during the darkest days of the banking crisis. He advised JPMorgan on its acquisition of Bear Stearns, counseled Lehman Brothers on its fast-dwindling options and assisted Wachovia Bank in its scramble to find a merger partner.

When Lloyd Blankfein was seeking a lifeline for Goldman Sachs, Cohen was in the room. As the dean of Wall Street lawyers, Cohen knows practically everyone in finance. In a 1994 II cover story (the only one the magazine has ever done on an attorney), we described him as “someone who will come up with a way to get the most intractable deals done.”

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