BlackRock

Extracted Attributes

• Type

  Multinational investment company

• Founded

  1988-01-01

• ESG Stance

  Industry leader in environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG)

• Headquarters

  New York City, New York, United States

• Global Presence

  70 offices in 30 countries, clients in 100 countries

• Fortune 500 Ranking

  229th as of 2023

• Number of Employees

  21,100

• Key Products/Services

  Investment, advisory, risk management solutions, iShares ETFs, Aladdin software

• Assets Under Management

  US$10 trillion as of January 2022

Timeline

• BlackRock, Inc. was founded as a risk management and fixed income institutional asset manager. (Source: summary, Wikidata, DBPedia, web_search_results)

  1988-01-01

• Oversaw US$10 trillion in assets under management, becoming the world's largest asset manager. (Source: summary, DBPedia)

  2022-01-01

• Ranked 229th on the Fortune 500 list of largest United States corporations. (Source: Wikipedia)

  2023

• Positioned itself as an industry leader in environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) initiatives. (Source: summary, DBPedia)

  Ongoing

• Faced criticism regarding its role in climate change, close ties with the Federal Reserve System during the COVID-19 pandemic, anticompetitive practices, and significant investments in China. (Source: summary, DBPedia)

  Ongoing

• Exploring advancements in blockchain technology, including building on the Solana platform and exploring tokenization of securities. (Source: related_documents)

  Ongoing

Web Search Results

• BlackRock Inc Company Profile - GlobalData

  BlackRock Inc (BlackRock) is a publicly traded investment management firm. The company engages in providing investment, advisory, and risk management solutions. Its major products and services include a diverse range of investment management strategies, technology services, and advisory solutions. BlackRock serves a wide array of clients, including individuals, families, financial advisors, educational and nonprofit organizations, pension plans, insurance companies, and governments. The company [...] maintains a significant global sales and marketing presence, utilizing third-party distribution relationships, including financial professionals and pension consultants. It operates in various countries, serving across North America, South America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia-Pacific. BlackRock is headquartered in New York City, New York, the US. [...] | Key Parameters | BlackRock Inc | State Street Corp | Northern Trust Corp | Invesco Ltd | Hamilton Lane Inc | --- --- --- | | Headquarters | United States of America | United States of America | United States of America | United States of America | United States of America | | City | New York | Boston | Chicago | Atlanta | Conshohocken | | State/Province | New York | Massachusetts | Illinois | Georgia | Pennsylvania | | No. of Employees | 21,100 | 52,014 | 23,300 | 8,508 | 700 |

• BlackRock - Wikipedia

  BlackRock is the manager of the iShares group of exchange-traded funds, and along with The Vanguard Group and State Street, it is considered to be one of the Big Three index fund managers.( Its Aladdin "Aladdin (BlackRock)") software keeps track of investment portfolios for many major financial institutions and its BlackRock Solutions division provides financial risk management services. As of 2023, BlackRock was ranked 229th on the _Fortune_ 500 list of the largest United States corporations [...] ( BlackRock, Inc. is an American multinationalinvestment company. Founded in 1988, initially as an enterprise risk management and fixed incomeinstitutionalasset manager, BlackRock is the world's largest asset manager,( with US$12.5 trillion in assets under management as of 2025.( in New York City, BlackRock has 70 offices in 30 countries, and clients in 100 countries.( [...] BlackRock was founded in 1988 by Larry Fink, Robert S. Kapito, Susan Wagner, Barbara Novick, Ben Golub, Hugh Frater, Ralph Schlosstein, and Keith Anderson( to provide institutional clients with asset management services from a risk management perspective.( Fink, Kapito, Golub and Novick had worked together at First Boston, where Fink and his team were pioneers in the mortgage-backed securities market in the United States.( During Fink's tenure, he had lost $90 million as head of First Boston.

• BlackRock, Inc. (BLK) Company Profile & Facts - Yahoo Finance

  BlackRock, Inc. is a privately owned investment manager. The firm primarily provides its services to institutional, intermediary, and individual investors including corporate, public, union, and industry pension plans, insurance companies, third-party mutual funds, endowments, public institutions, governments, foundations, charities, sovereign wealth funds, corporations, official institutions, and banks. It also provides global risk management and advisory services. The firm manages separate [...] income, real estate, currency, commodity, and alternative markets across the globe. The firm primarily invests in growth and value stocks of small-cap, mid-cap, SMID-cap, large-cap, and multi-cap companies. It also invests in dividend-paying equity securities. The firm invests in investment grade municipal securities, government securities including securities issued or guaranteed by a government or a government agency or instrumentality, corporate bonds, and asset-backed and mortgage-backed [...] securities. It employs fundamental and quantitative analysis with a focus on bottom-up and top-down approach to make its investments. The firm employs liquidity, asset allocation, balanced, real estate, and alternative strategies to make its investments. In real estate sector, it seeks to invest in Poland and Germany. The firm benchmarks the performance of its portfolios against various S&P, Russell, Barclays, MSCI, Citigroup, and Merrill Lynch indices. BlackRock, Inc. was founded in 1988 and

• About BlackRock - What We Do & Our Purpose

  Skip to content BlackRock BlackRock iShares iShares Aladdin Aladdin Our company Our company ABOUT US # About BlackRock We’re a global asset manager and technology provider dedicated to helping more and more people experience financial well-being. We help millions of people invest to build savings that serve them throughout their lives.1 Our mission Founders Our approach Who we are Locations ## We’re here to help more people invest better ### More choice [...] As a fiduciary, we start with our clients' needs and look to offer them more quality2 choices for how and where to invest their money.3 ### Easier access We access the world’s financial markets by offering our clients simple and low-cost investment solutions.4 ### Comprehensive platform Our technology combined with our global expertise5can help clients navigate investment risks and opportunities in an ever-changing world.6 # Who founded BlackRock? [...] locations enabling us to help more and more people9 # Where is BlackRock? BlackRock is worldwide. We leverage the advantages of both global scale and local expertise with 100+ offices in over 38 different locations. Click on the map to learn more about BlackRock or iShares in a specific region. BlackRock iShares Headline-3,Image-1,Multi Column Teaser-2,Multi Column Teaser-3,Multi Column Teaser-4,Multi Column Teaser-5,Multi Column Teaser-6

• Blackrock Inc - Company Profile and News - Bloomberg Markets

  BlackRock, Inc. provides investment management services. The Company offers investment, advisory, and risk management services. BlackRock serves individuals, families, educational, governments, insurance companies, and non profit organizations worldwide. ### More from Bloomberg

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• Country

  United States

• Founder

  Susan Wagner

• Employees

  19,800

• Instance Of

  Q783794

• Headquarters

  New York City

• Inception Date

  1/1/1988

BlackRock, Inc. is an American multi-national investment company based in New York City. Founded in 1988, initially as a risk management and fixed income institutional asset manager, BlackRock is the world's largest asset manager, with US$10 trillion in assets under management as of January 2022. BlackRock operates globally with 70 offices in 30 countries, and clients in 100 countries. BlackRock has sought to position itself as an industry leader in environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG). The company has faced criticism for worsening climate change, its close ties with the Federal Reserve System during the COVID-19 pandemic, anticompetitive behavior, and its unprecedented investments in China.