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Encyclopedia > Blackrock
BlackRock Inc
BlackRock Corporate Logo
Type Public
Founded 1988
Headquarters New York, USA
Key people Laurence D. Fink, CEO
Industry Investment management
Products Asset management
Revenue $ 900 mil (as of 2004)
Employees 4,000
Slogan "Opportunity favors the prepared mind."
Website www.blackrock.com

BlackRock Inc. NYSE: BLK is a major American investment management firm. As of June 30, 2006, BlackRock’s assets under management totaled $1.046 trillion across fixed income, liquidity, equity, alternative investment and real estate strategies. Image File history File links Blackrocklogo. ... A public company is a company owned by the public rather than by relatively few individuals. ... 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... NY redirects here. ... Laurence D. Fink is the Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of BlackRock, Inc. ... Investment management, the professional management of various securities (shares, bonds etc) and other assets (e. ... Asset management is the method that a company uses to track fixed assets, for example factory equipment, desks and chairs, computers, even buildings. ... Revenue is a U.S. business term for the amount of money that a company earns from its activities in a given period, mostly from sales of products and/or services to customers. ... The United States dollar is the official currency of the United States. ... Employment is a contract between two parties, one being the employer and the other being the employee. ... Look up Slogan in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... A website (or Web site) is a collection of web pages, typically common to a particular domain name or subdomain on the World Wide Web on the Internet. ... This article is about the stock exchange itself. ... June 30 is the 181st day of the year (182nd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 184 days remaining. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ...


History

In 1988, BlackRock was founded as the Financial Management Group within the private equity firm Blackstone Group. Larry Fink, BlackRock’s founder and CEO had joined Blackstone in 1988 as a partner, along with Ralph Schlosstein, former White House aid under the Carter administration. Before joining Blackstone, Laurence D. Fink was a Managing Director at First Boston where he pioneered the Mortgage-Backed Securities market in the United States. In 1992, Fink and Schlosstein separated from the Blackstone Group under the name BlackRock and aggressively re-invented itself as an independent asset management company. In 1999 assets under management had grown to $165 billion and the firm decided to go public. The Blackstone Group L.P. is a prominent private equity and management investment firm founded in 1985 by Peter G. Peterson and Stephen A. Schwarzman. ...


On September 29, 2006, Merrill Lynch and Co., Inc. completed the merger of the firm's investment management business, Merrill Lynch Investment Managers (MLIM), with BlackRock, creating one of the world's largest independent investment management firms. Merrill Lynch received a total of 65 million common and preferred shares in the combined company and has a 45 percent voting interest. The new company will operate primarily under the BlackRock name (under BlackRock-Merrill Lynch Investment Managers in EMEA Asia Pacific due to the lack of BlackRock brand awareness). Merrill Lynch owns just under half of BlackRock, one of the world's largest publicly traded investment management companies with $1.075 trillion by the end of September 2006 in assets under management. September 29 is the 272nd day of the year (273rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... Merrill Lynch & Co. ...


Headquartered in New York, today BlackRock operates 35 offices in 18 different countries, maintaining a major presence in most key markets including the United States, the United Kingdom, Asia, Australia, the Middle East and Europe.


Key People

Laurence D. Fink is the Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of BlackRock, Inc. ... Robert S. Kapito, a recognized industry leader in portfolio management, Kapito is Vice-Chairman and a founder of BlackRock, Inc. ... Charles Hallac is a Managing Director at BlackRock, Inc. ...

External links

  • BlackRock - official site
  • Yahoo! - BlackRock Company Profile

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