Hank Paulson is the Chairman and CEO of Goldman Sachs. Although he has never, ever used e-mail, he is an inveterate user of the phone...on average he has many hundreds of phone conversations daily. In a recent interview in Fortune, he revealed some of his work methods and successes.
"When I got back to the office in January, I called 60 CEOs in the first week to wish them happy New Year. I had never done that before, but it was great. I asked them about their business and their relationship with Goldman."
Goldman Sachs is one of the world's most prominent investment banks, with $43 billion in revenues and 22,000+ employees. Although it is shocking that he has never used e-mail, it is heartening to see that simple, "staying-in-touch" phone calls are used by CEOs who make $30.1 million annually (his 2005 income).
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