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Look at Lloyd’s mug

COLLECTOR’S ITEM: NY Post artwork in 2012. (
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It isn’t just movie moguls who hit the Oscars. On the Money ran into Goldman Sachs boss Lloyd Blankfein, who was enjoying the festivities with his wife, Laura.

Blankfein was hitting the party circuit, joining the Weinstein Co. pre-Oscar party at the Soho House. When we introduced ourselves, Blankfein told us his colleagues had created a coffee-cup collection of The Post business desk’s most comical illustrations of the Goldman CEO and headlined each mug with “THE DAILY TAB-LLOYD!” and the artwork.

We don’t think our headline writers have anything to worry about yet.

Blankfein didn’t say which was his favorite mug, but if you go back a few years, he could have a service for 50 cups.

We dusted off one from the archives to illustrate for our readers.

The sociable Blankfein shared a joke about his beard, producing his wallet to show us his driver’s license to prove that once upon a time as a trader it was black, not salt-and-pepper.

The jolly Goldman boss joked it was a relief that people were focused on his beard and not other issues. Other bankers have been soaking up the news hole of late, keeping Blankfein out of the spotlight — and The Post’s artwork.— Claire Atkinson

Ellisons everywhere

While Oracle CEO Larry Ellison’s daughter Megan has been getting increased attention due to her financing of Oscar nominee “Zero Dark Thirty,” the Oracle CEO’s son, David, is still making his voice heard in Hollywood.

David Ellison is co-financing an upcoming “Jack Ryan” reboot through his Skydance production company’s deal with Paramount.

Skydance only started making movies a few years ago, but according to “Jack Ryan’s” veteran screenwriter, David Koepp, Ellison’s already an effective mogul.

“He’s like a good studio executive in that he’s happy and confident to voice his opinion, but he’s also happy to back off and let people do their work. And that’s a really tricky balance to strike,” Koepp told us at the Writers Guild Awards, where he accepted a career achievement award.

Koepp’s past films include the first two “Jurassic Park” movies and Tom Cruise’s first “Mission: Impossible.” –Hilary Lewis

Dude’s got dough

Totally gnarly hedge fund, dude!

Wall Streeters love to name their hedge funds after Greek gods and ferocious animals.

Not Eric Rosen.

The former JPMorgan credit-derivatives trader, who just scored a whopping $300 million to launch Reef Road Capital Management, is an avid surfer, The Post has learned.

As such, he’s decided to eschew macho tradition and name his firm after a beloved surfing spot in Palm Beach, Fla., where he rode the waves in his younger, more carefree days, a person with knowledge of the fund told The Post.

Reef Road is north of the Palm Beach Country Club. According to surfline.com, it served as a landmark for surfers looking to meet up and hang loose.

Rosen, 43, attended Florida State University, which may be when he learned about the surfer-dude hot spot. He didn’t return a request for comment.

Reef Road received $300 million in seed capital from Paloma Partners, which also seeded hedge-fund giant D.E. Shaw.

Reef Road is set to launch in the next few months.–Kaja Whitehouse

But what’s the MPG?

Bentley’s new Flying Spur debuts at the Geneva Auto Show this week and will come to the New York International Auto show at the end of the month, but the buzz is already building for the $200,000-plus car.

It’s the fastest, most powerful four-door Bentley ever made, with a top speed of 200 mph.

Bentley promises “muscular rear haunches”; dipped headlights and taillights; and luxurious, spacious cabins with handcrafted leather and wood veneers (seven choices available, including burr walnut or dark fiddleback eucalyptus).

First deliveries of the Spur will be in June.–Julie Earle-Levine