Laurence D. Fink
Laurence D. Fink
Laurence D. Fink is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of BlackRock.
He and seven partners founded BlackRock in 1988, and under his
leadership the firm has grown into a global leader in investment and
technology solutions. BlackRock’s mission is to help our clients build
better financial futures and the firm is trusted to manage more money
than any other investment company in the world.
Prior to founding BlackRock in 1988, Mr. Fink was a member of the
Management Committee and a Managing Director of The First Boston
Corporation.
He serves as interim Co-Chair of the Board of Trustees of the World
Economic Forum and Co-Chair of NYU Langone Medical Center. He
also serves on the boards of the Museum of Modern Art and the Aspen
Institute, and on the Advisory Board of the Tsinghua University School
of Economics and Management in Beijing, as well as the Executive
Committee of the Partnership for New York City.
Mr. Fink earned an MBA from the University of California at Los Angeles
(UCLA) in 1976 and a BA from UCLA in 1974.
