Larry Fink: Co-founder, Chairman and CEO of BlackRock

Larry Fink: Co-founder, Chairman and CEO of BlackRock

Business Owner · Financial Services

New York City

Larry Fink co-founded BlackRock, now the world's largest money manager with more than $10 trillion in assets under management, after starting as a mortgage-backed securities trader at First Boston.

About Larry Fink: Co-founder, Chairman and CEO of BlackRock

Laurence Douglas "Larry" Fink (born November 2, 1952) is an American billionaire businessman, a co-founder, chairman and CEO of BlackRock, an American multinational investment management corporation and the largest money-management firm in the world, with more than US$10 trillion in assets under management. In April 2024 Forbes estimated his net worth at US$1.2 billion. He is a co-chairman of the World Economic Forum, and in 2025 Time listed him among the world's 100 most influential people. Fink grew up as one of three children in a Jewish family in Van Nuys, California; his mother, Lila, was an English professor and his father, Frederick, owned a shoe store. He earned a BA in political science from UCLA in 1974 and an MBA in real estate from the UCLA Anderson School of Management in 1976. He started his career in 1976 at First Boston, a New York investment bank, where he was one of the first mortgage-backed security traders and eventually managed the firm's bond department. Sources: English Wikipedia (Larry Fink, accessed September 2026).

Basic Information

Co-founder, chairman and CEO, BlackRock

Company Details

BlackRock, Inc.

Asset Management, Investment Management