BlackRock

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BlackRock, Inc.
Company type Public
ISIN US450614482
Industry Investment management
Founded1988;37 years ago (1988)
Founders
Headquarters 50 Hudson Yards,
New York City
,
U.S.
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Products
RevenueIncrease2.svg US$20.41 billion (2024)
Increase2.svgUS$7.574 billion (2024)
Increase2.svgUS$6.369 billion (2024)
AUM Increase2.svgUS$13.52 trillion (2025)
Total assets Increase2.svgUS$138.6 billion (2024)
Total equity Increase2.svgUS$47.49 billion (2024)
Number of employees
21,100 (2024)
Subsidiaries
Website blackrock.com
Footnotes /references
[1] [2] [3]

BlackRock, Inc. is an American multinational investment company. Founded in 1988, initially as an enterprise risk management and fixed income institutional asset manager, BlackRock is the world's largest asset manager, [1] with $12.5 trillion in assets under management as of 2025. [4] Headquartered in New York City, BlackRock has 70 offices in 30 countries and clients in 100 countries. [5]

Contents

BlackRock is the manager of the iShares group of exchange-traded funds, and along with Fidelity, Vanguard, and State Street, it is considered one of the Big Four index fund managers. [6] [7] Its Aladdin 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 U.S. corporations by revenue. [8]

BlackRock has sought to position itself as an industry leader in environmental, social, and governance (ESG) considerations in investments. [9] The states of West Virginia, [10] Florida, [11] and Louisiana [12] have divested money from or refuse to do business with the firm because of its ESG policies. BlackRock has been criticized for investing in companies involved in fossil fuels, the arms industry, the People's Liberation Army, and human rights violations in China.

History

1988–1999

BlackRock was founded in 1988 by Larry Fink, Robert S. Kapito, Susan Wagner, Barbara Novick, Ben Golub, Hugh Frater, Ralph Schlosstein, and Keith Anderson [13] to provide institutional clients with asset management services from a risk-management perspective. [14] 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. [15] During Fink's tenure, he had lost $90 million as head of First Boston. That experience was the motivation to develop what he and the others considered excellent risk management and fiduciary practices. Initially, Fink sought funding (for initial operating capital) from Peter Peterson of The Blackstone Group, who believed in Fink's vision of a firm devoted to risk management. Peterson called it Blackstone Financial Management. [16] In exchange for a 50% stake in the bond business, Blackstone initially gave Fink and his team a $5 million credit line. Within months, the business had turned profitable, and by 1989 the group's assets had quadrupled to $2.7 billion. The proportion of the stake Blackstone owned also fell to 40%, compared to Fink's staff. [16]

By 1992, Blackstone had a stake of about 36% in the company, and Stephen A. Schwarzman and Fink were considering selling shares to the public. [17] The firm adopted the name BlackRock, and was managing $17 billion in assets by the end of the year. At the end of 1994, BlackRock was managing $53 billion. [18] In 1994, Schwarzman and Fink had an internal dispute over methods of compensation and equity. [17] Fink wanted to share equity with new hires, to lure talent from banks, but Schwarzman did not want to further lower Blackstone's stake. [17] They agreed to part ways, and Schwarzman sold BlackRock, a decision he later called a "heroic mistake". [17] [19] In June 1994, Blackstone sold a mortgage-securities unit with $23 billion in assets to PNC Financial Services for $240 million. [20] The unit had traded mortgages and other fixed-income assets, and during the sales process it changed its name from Blackstone Financial Management to BlackRock Financial Management. [17] Schwarzman remained with Blackstone, while Fink became chairman and CEO of BlackRock. [17]

1999–2009

On October 1, 1999, BlackRock became a public company, selling shares at $14 each via an initial public offering on the New York Stock Exchange. [18] [21] [22] By the end of 1999, BlackRock was managing $165 billion in assets. [18] BlackRock grew both organically and by acquisition. In 2000, the firm launched BlackRock Solutions to provide risk management and investment analytics to institutional investors and other large investment managers. [23] The platform includes advisory services and technology, [24] being based on BlackRock's Aladdin System, an acronym for Asset Liability and Debt and Derivative Investment Network. [25]

In August 2004, BlackRock made its first major acquisition, buying State Street Research & Management's holding company SSRM Holdings, Inc. from MetLife for $325 million in cash and $50 million in stock. The acquisition increased BlackRock's assets under management from $314 billion to $325 billion. [26] The deal included the mutual-fund business State Street Research & Management in 2005. [20]

BlackRock merged with Merrill Lynch's Investment Managers division (MLIM) in 2006, [18] [27] halving PNC's ownership and giving Merrill a 49.5% stake in the company. [28] In October 2007, BlackRock acquired the fund-of-funds business of Quellos Capital Management. [29] [30] In April 2009, BlackRock acquired R3 Capital Management, LLC and management of its $1.5 billion fund. [31] In May 2009, BlackRock Solutions was retained by the U.S. Treasury Department [32] to analyze, unwind, and price the toxic assets that were owned by Bear Stearns, American International Group, Freddie Mac, Morgan Stanley, and other financial firms that were affected in the 2008 financial crisis. [33] [34] The Federal Reserve allowed BlackRock to superintend the $130 billion-debt settlement of Bear Stearns and American International Group. [35]

2010–2019

In February 2010, to raise capital needed due to the 2008 financial crisis, Barclays sold its Barclays Global Investors (BGI) unit, which included its exchange traded fund business, iShares, to BlackRock for US$13.5 billion and Barclays acquired a near-20% stake in BlackRock. [36] [37] On April 1, 2011, BlackRock was added as a component of the S&P 500 stock market index. [38] [39] In 2013, Fortune listed BlackRock on its annual list of the world's 50 Most Admired Companies. [20] In 2014, [20] BlackRock's $4 trillion under management made it the "world's biggest asset manager". [40] At the end of 2014, the Sovereign Wealth Fund Institute reported that 65% of Blackrock's assets under management were made up of institutional investors. [41]

By June 30, 2015, BlackRock had US$4.721 trillion of assets under management. [42] On August 26, 2015, BlackRock entered into a definitive agreement to acquire FutureAdvisor, [43] a digital wealth management provider with reported assets under management of $600 million. [44] Under the deal, FutureAdvisor would operate as a business within BlackRock Solutions (BRS). [43] BlackRock announced in November 2015 that they would wind down the BlackRock Global Ascent hedge fund after losses. The Global Ascent fund had been its only dedicated global macro fund, as BlackRock was "better known for its mutual funds and exchange traded funds." At the time, BlackRock managed $51 billion in hedge funds, with $20 billion of that in funds of hedge funds. [45]

In March 2017, BlackRock, after a six-month review led by Mark Wiseman, initiated a restructuring of its $8 billion actively managed fund business, resulting in the departure of seven portfolio managers and a $25 million charge in the second quarter, replacing certain funds with quantitative investment strategies. [46] By April 2017, iShares business accounted for $1.41 trillion, or 26%, of BlackRock's total assets under management, and 37% of BlackRock's base fee income. [47] Also in April 2017, BlackRock backed the inclusion of mainland Chinese shares in MSCI's global index for the first time. [48]

2020–present

In January 2020, PNC Financial Services sold its stake in BlackRock for $14.4 billion. [49] In March 2020, the Federal Reserve chose BlackRock to manage two corporate bond-buying programs in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. [35] [50] [51] This also included the $500 billion Primary Market Corporate Credit Facility (PMCCF) and the Secondary Market Corporate Credit Facility (SMCCF), as well as purchase by the Federal Reserve of commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) guaranteed by Government National Mortgage Association, Fannie Mae, or Freddie Mac. [35] [50] [51] In August 2020, BlackRock received approval from the China Securities Regulatory Commission to set up a mutual fund business in the country. This made BlackRock the first global asset manager to get consent from the Chinese government to start operations in the country. [52] [53]

In October 2021 BlackRock launched its Voting Choice program, enabling institutional clients invested in index funds to participate in shareholder voting. [54] [55] Eligible clients can vote all issues, vote only on some issues, select from 14 different voting policies, [56] or allow BlackRock's investment stewardship team to vote for them. [55] BlackRock Investment Stewardship is a team of approximately 70 analysts [57] who engage with the boards and management teams of companies, and vote shares, on the behalf of non-voting clients. [58]

In November 2021, BlackRock lowered its investment in India while increasing investment in China. The firm maintains a dedicated India Fund, through which it invests in Indian start-ups Byju's, Paytm, and Pine Labs. [59] [60] On December 28, 2022, it was announced that BlackRock and Volodymyr Zelensky had coordinated a role for the company in the reconstruction of Ukraine. [61] [62] This was after BlackRock CEO Larry Fink and Zelensky met over a video conference in September, 2022. [61] In July 2025, Bloomberg reported that BlackRock had paused efforts earlier in the year to line up investors for a proposed Ukraine recovery fund amid increased uncertainty. The company said it had completed its pro bono advisory work in 2024 and no longer had an active mandate. [63] In April 2023, the company was hired to sell $114 billion in assets of Signature Bank and Silicon Valley Bank after the 2023 United States banking crisis. [64] [65] In June 2023, BlackRock filed an application with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to launch a Spot Bitcoin Exchange-Traded Fund (ETF), and in November 2023 it filed another application for a Spot Ethereum ETF. The spot bitcoin ETF filing and 10 others were approved on January 10, 2024. [66] On January 19, 2024, the iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF (IBIT) was the first spot bitcoin ETF to reach $1 billion in volume. [67]

In July 2023, the company appointed Amin H. Nasser to its board. [68] Nasser, the chief executive officer of Saudi Aramco, the world's largest oil company, will fill BlackRock's board vacancy left by Bader Alsaad in 2024. [69] In July 2023, Jio Financial Services (JFS) entered the asset management business through a 50:50 joint venture with BlackRock, named Jio BlackRock. [70] In August 2023, BlackRock signed an agreement with New Zealand to establish a NZ$2 billion investment fund for solar, wind, green hydrogen, battery storage, and EV charging projects as part of its goal of reaching 100% renewable energy by 2030. [71] [72] In January 2024, BlackRock announced that it would acquire the investment fund Global Infrastructure Partners for $12.5 billion. [73] [74] [75] BlackRock agreed to pay $3 billion in cash and 12 million of its own shares as part of the deal to buy GIP. In March 2024, BlackRock launched their first tokenized fund, the BlackRock USD Institutional Digital Liquidity Fund (BUIDL) on Ethereum, which represents investments in U.S. Treasury bills and repo agreements. The fund secured $245 million in assets in the first week. [76] On July 15, 2024, BlackRock removed from circulation an advertisement filmed in 2022 that briefly featured Thomas Matthew Crooks, the gunman in the attempted assassination of Donald Trump. [77] [78] The firm expanded its headquarters at 50 Hudson Yards in mid-2024. [79]

In March 2025, BlackRock launched its first European bitcoin exchange-traded product, the iShares Bitcoin ETP, domiciled in Switzerland and listed in Paris, Amsterdam, and Frankfurt. [80] In the United States, BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) launched in January 2024, and by May 2024, was reported as the world’s largest bitcoin fund, with nearly $20 billion in assets. [81]

In April 2025, BlackRock filed to the SEC to launch a new share class of its $150 billion money market fund that is registered on a blockchain. [82]

In June 2025, BlackRock launched the iShares Texas Equity ETF (TEXN), a Texas‑focused fund the firm said would invest in companies headquartered in the state. [83]

Finances

In 2020, the non-profit American Economic Liberties Project issued a report highlighting the fact that "the 'Big Three' asset management firms – BlackRock, Vanguard and State Street – manage over $15 trillion in combined global assets under management, an amount equivalent to more than three-quarters of U.S. gross domestic product." [84] The report called for structural reforms and better regulation of the financial markets. In 2021, BlackRock managed over $10 trillion in assets under management, about 40% of the GDP of the United States (nominal $25.347 trillion in 2022). [85]

BlackRock reported $12.53 trillion in assets under management as of June 30, 2025. [4]

Year [86] Revenue
(million USD)		Net income
(million USD)		Total assets
(million USD)		AUM [87]
(million USD)		Price per
share (USD)		Employees
20051,1912341,84862.852,151
20062,09832320,469103.755,113
20074,84599322,561128.695,952
20085,06478419,9241,310,000144.075,341
20094,700875178,1243,350,000136.798,629
20108,6122,063178,4593,561,000145.859,127
20119,0812,337179,8963,513,000148.2710,100
20129,3372,458200,4513,792,000158.5310,500
201310,1802,932219,8734,325,000238.5211,400
201411,0813,294239,7924,651,895289.8012,200
201511,4013,345225,2614,645,412322.6813,000
201612,2613,168220,1775,147,852334.1613,000
201713,6004,952220,2176,288,195414.6013,900
201814,1984,305159,5735,975,818492.9814,900
201914,5394,476168,6227,430,000448.2216,200
202016,2054,932176,9828,677,000558.5616,500
202119,1695,901152,64810,010,143913.7618,400
202217,8735,178117,6288,594,485708.6319,800
202317,8595,502123,21110,008,995811.8019,800
202420,4076,369138,61511,551,2511,025.1121,100

Mergers and acquisitions

NumberAcquisition dateCompanyCountryPrice (USD)Used as or integrated withRefs.
1February 10, 2006 Merrill's Investment Managers division (MLIM)Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States $9.3 billionRetail and international presence [88]
2January 12, 2009 Barclays Global Investor$13.5 billionETF [37]
3January 15, 2010Helix Financial Group –CRE [89] [90]
4August 25, 2015 FutureAdvisor $150 millionRobo-advisory [91] [92]
5April 18, 2016Money market fund business of Bank of America  –$80 billion in assets in money market funds [93]
6February 1, 2017Energy infrastructure investment platform of First Reserve Corporation  –Funds investing in energy [94]
7June 9, 2017Cachematrix –Liquidity management [95]
8January 8, 2018Tennenbaum Capital Partners –Private credit [96]
9September 24, 2018Asset Management Business of Citibanamex Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico $350 millionFixed income, equity, and multi-asset funds holding [97] [98]
10October 5, 2019eFrontFlag of France.svg France $1.3 billion in cashAlternative investment management software [99] [100]
11February 1, 2021AperioFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States $1.05 billion in cashA provider of tax-optimized index equity separately managed accounts [101] [102]
12June 8, 2023KreosFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom  –Private credit [103]
13January 12, 2024 Global Infrastructure Partners Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States $12.5 billion ($3 billion in cash, rest in shares)Infrastructure assets [74]
14July 1st 2024 Preqin Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom $3.2 billionPrivate market data provider [104]
15December 3, 2024 HPS Investment Partners Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States $12 billion ($9.3 billion in stock, $3 billion in five years subject to targets)Private credit [105]

Ownership

In March 2018, PNC was BlackRock's largest shareholder with 25% of all shares, but announced in May 2020 that it intended to sell all shares worth $17 billion. [106] Over 80% of BlackRock is owned by institutional investors. The 10 largest shareholders, as of June 30, 2024, are listed in the following table: [107]

ShareholderCountrySharesin %
The Vanguard Group Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 13,215,8379.08%
BlackRock Inc.9,515,5047.02%
State Street Corporation 5,940,8264.95%
Temasek Holdings Ltd. Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 5,133,3604.28%
Bank of America Corp. Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 5,133,3114.28%
Capital Research Global Investors 4,532,5903.78%
Morgan Stanley 4,342,9783.62%
Charles Schwab Corporation 3,768,4673.14%
Capital World Investors 3,218,1452.68%
Geode Capital Management 2,786,3952.32%
Sum of top 1044,371,57636.07%
Total120,006,939100%

Controversies

Influence and power

Due to its power and the sheer size and scope of its financial assets and activities, BlackRock has been called the world's largest shadow bank by The Economist and Basler Zeitung . [108] [40] In 2020, U.S. Representatives Katie Porter and Chuy García proposed a U.S. House bill aiming to restrain BlackRock and other shadow banks. [109] On March 4, 2021, U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren suggested that BlackRock should be designated "too big to fail" and regulated accordingly. [110]

BlackRock invests the funds of its clients (for example, the owners of iShares exchange-traded fund units) in numerous publicly traded companies, some of which compete with each other. [111] [112] [113] Because of the size of BlackRock's funds, the company is among the top shareholders of many companies. BlackRock states these shares are ultimately owned by the company's clients, not by BlackRock itself—a view shared by multiple independent academics—but acknowledges it can exercise shareholder votes on behalf of these clients, in many cases without client input. [114] In the 2020s, the company took steps to allow institutional investors to participate in shareholder voting in nearly half of BlackRock's equity index assets. [54]

BlackRock has been the subject of conspiracy theories, including one in which BlackRock is the owner of both Fox News and Dominion Voting Systems. While it is true that BlackRock owns 15% of Fox Corporation, [115] Snopes described the whole claim as "false" and PolitiFact described it as "mostly false" because of the absence of participation of BlackRock into Dominion Voting Systems. [116] [117] Some BlackRock conspiracy theories have incorporated antisemitism, such as the conspiracy theory that Jewish people, including BlackRock founder Robert Kapito, are part of a cabal responsible for COVID-19 and a "COVID agenda". [118]

Common ownership

"Common ownership" is when competitors within a market are commonly owned. In other words, these competitors can have the same powerful shareholders if their shares trade publicly. Common ownership has the potential to cause harm because it reduces market competition, which can be bad for consumers and the economy. Common ownership can also lead to higher pay for CEOs, even as competition between the firms is reduced. [119] In response to a widely cited research paper that showed that common ownership raises prices, [120] BlackRock issued a white paper calling the mechanism "vague and implausible". At the same time, BlackRock's 2023 SEC annual report identified common ownership as a potential business risk, noting that "in 2023, the FTC and DOJ released new merger guidelines recognizing that common ownership may reduce competitive incentives" and that "policy solutions could, in turn, adversely affect BlackRock." The company disclosed that common ownership "may be given greater consideration in regulatory investigations, studies, rule proposals, policy decisions and/or the scrutiny of mergers and acquisitions." [121]

Environmental, social and corporate governance investing

In 2017, BlackRock expanded its environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) projects with new staff and products. [122] [123] [124] [125] [126] BlackRock started drawing attention to environmental and diversity issues by means of official letters to CEOs and shareholder votes together with activist investors or investor networks such as the Carbon Disclosure Project, which in 2017 backed a shareholder resolution for ExxonMobil to act on climate change. [127] [128] [129] In 2018, it asked Russell 1000 companies to improve gender diversity on their board of directors if they had fewer than two women on them. [130]

In August 2021, a former BlackRock executive who had served as the company's first global chief investment officer for sustainable investing, said he thought the firm's ESG investing was a "dangerous placebo that harms the public interest." The former executive said that financial institutions are motivated to engage in ESG investing because ESG products have higher fees, which in turn increase company profits. [131] In October 2021, The Wall Street Journal editorial board wrote that BlackRock was pushing the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to adopt rules requiring private companies to publicly disclose their climate impact, the diversity of their boards of directors, and other metrics. The editorial board opined that "ESG mandates, which also carry substantial litigation and reputation risks, will cause many companies to shun public markets. This would hurt stock exchanges and asset managers, but most of all retail investors." [132]

In January 2022, BlackRock founder and CEO Larry Fink defended the company's focus on ESG investing, pushing back "against accusations the asset manager was using its heft and influence to support a politically correct or progressive agenda." [133] Fink said the practice of ESG "is not woke". [134] BlackRock's emphasis on ESG has drawn criticism as "either bowing to anti-business interests" or being "merely marketing". [135] In a talk at the Aspen Ideas Festival in June 2023, BlackRock CEO Larry Fink said he has stopped using the term "ESG" because the term has been "weaponized". According to an Axios reporter, Fink said, "I'm ashamed of being part of this conversation." Later, according to Axios, Fink said, "I never said I was ashamed. I'm not ashamed. I do believe in conscientious capitalism." [136]

In July 2023, BlackRock announced that it would allow retail investors a proxy vote in its biggest ETF from 2024. The move was initiated in the context of claims from US Republicans that BlackRock is systematically trying to push a 'woke agenda' through its pro-ESG activities. Under the plan, investors in BlackRock's iShares Core S&P 500 ETF will be asked to make choices from seven different general policies ranging from voting generally with BlackRock's management, to environmental, social and governance factors or prioritizing Catholic values. Investors will not be able to vote on specific companies. [137] The Editorial Board at The Wall Street Journal argued that it amounted to a "false voting choice" since almost all of the pre-selected voting policies are devised by the ESG-aligned proxy advisories Glass Lewis and Institutional Shareholder Services. [138]

Investments in contributors to climate change

Environmental activists, including global interfaith organization GreenFaith and Extinction Rebellion, protest BlackRock's shareholder meeting on May 31, 2022. XR and GreenFaith activists protest BlackRock, May 31 2022.jpg
Environmental activists, including global interfaith organization GreenFaith and Extinction Rebellion, protest BlackRock's shareholder meeting on May 31, 2022.

As of December 2018, BlackRock was the world's largest investor in coal-fired power stations, holding shares worth $11 billion in 56 companies in the industry. [139] BlackRock owned more oil, gas, and thermal coal reserves than any other investment management company with total reserves amounting to 9.5 gigatonnes of CO2 emissions or 30% of total energy-related emissions from 2017. [140] Environmental groups including the Sierra Club, [141] as well as Amazon Watch, [142] launched a campaign in September 2018 called "BlackRock's Big Problem", [143] claiming that BlackRock is the "biggest driver of climate destruction on the planet", in part due to its opposition to fossil fuel divestment. [143]

In 2019, climate activists carried out street theatre and glued themselves to the door of the company's London offices. [144] On January 10, 2020, a group of climate activists rushed inside the Paris offices of BlackRock France, painting walls and floors with warnings and accusations on the responsibility of the company in the effects of global warming. [145] In May 2019, BlackRock was criticized for the environmental impact of its holdings as it was a major shareholder in every oil supermajor except Total S.A. and in 7 of the 10 biggest coal producers. [146]

On January 14, 2020, the company shifted its investment policy; BlackRock CEO Larry Fink said that environmental sustainability would be a key goal for investment decisions. [147] BlackRock announced that it would sell $500 million worth of coal-related assets, and created funds that would not invest in companies profiting from fossil fuels. [148] [147] Nonetheless, BlackRock's support for shareholder resolutions requesting climate risk disclosure fell from 25% in 2019 to 14% in 2020. [149] BlackRock has also been criticized regarding climate change inaction and deforestation in the Amazon rainforest. [150] [151] According to The New Republic , BlackRock "has positioned itself as the good guy on Wall Street, and its executives as a crew of mild-mannered money managers who understand the risks of the climate crisis and the importance of diversity. But those commitments, critics say, only extend so far into the firm's day-to-day operations." [109] According to IESE, BlackRock has indeed influenced polluting companies to lower their carbon emissions. The study showed that companies who met with BlackRock's CEO Larry Fink had lower CO2 emissions the following year. [152] Another study showed that Blackrock has mislabelled some investment funds, having only 9% out of 82 funds labelled as sustainable which did not invest in fossil fuel companies. [153]

Investments in gun manufacturers

In May 2018, anti-gun protesters held a demonstration outside the company's annual general meeting in Manhattan. [154] After discussions with firearms manufacturers and distributors, on April 5, 2018, BlackRock introduced two new exchange-traded funds (ETFs) that exclude stocks of gun makers and large gun retailers such as Walmart, Dick's Sporting Goods, Kroger, Sturm Ruger, American Outdoor Brands, and Vista Outdoor, and removed the stocks from seven existing ESG funds. [155] [156] [157]

BlackRock study on integrating ESG into banking rules

The European Ombudsman opened an inquiry in May 2020 to inspect the commission's file on the European Commission's decision to award a contract to BlackRock to carry out a study on integrating environmental, social and governance risks and objectives into EU banking rules ('the prudential framework'). European Parliament members questioned the impartiality of BlackRock given its investments in the sector. [158] [159]

U.S. states refusing to do business with BlackRock due to ESG policies

Riley Moore, the state treasurer of West Virginia, said in June 2022 that BlackRock and five other financial institutions would no longer be allowed to do business with the state of West Virginia because of the company's advocacy against the fossil fuel industry. [160] In October 2022, Louisiana removed $794 million from BlackRock due to the company's support of ESG and green energy. [161] In December 2022, Jimmy Patronis, the chief financial officer of Florida, announced that the government of Florida would be divesting $2 billion worth of investments under management by BlackRock due to the firm's move to strengthen ESG standards and ESG policies. [162] [163] BlackRock later responded to the announcement with a statement stating that the divestment would place politics over investor interest. [164]

Criticism of investments in China

In August 2021, BlackRock set up its first mutual fund in China after raising over one billion dollars from 111,000 Chinese investors. BlackRock became the first foreign-owned company allowed by the Chinese government to operate a wholly owned business in China's mutual fund industry. [165] [166] [167] Writing in The Wall Street Journal, George Soros described BlackRock's initiative in China as a "tragic mistake" that would "damage the national security interests of the U.S. and other democracies." [168] [169]

In October 2021, conservative non-profit group Consumers' Research launched an ad campaign criticizing BlackRock's relationship with the Chinese government in response to BlackRock's climate change activism, [170] as part of Consumers' Research's campaign against perceived "wokeness" in American corporations. [171] In December 2021, it was reported that BlackRock was an investor in two companies that had been blacklisted by the US government accusing China of human rights abuses against the Uyghurs in Xinjiang. In one case (Hikvision) BlackRock increased its level of investment after the company's blacklisting. [172]

In August 2023, the US House of Representatives' Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party initiated an investigation into the firm's investments in Chinese companies accused of violating human rights and aiding the People's Liberation Army. [173] [174] [175] In April 2024, a committee report said index inclusion and fund investments had directed at least $1.9 billion into entities “blacklisted” by U.S. authorities. The committee noted the activity was legal under then‑current rules and urged policy changes. BlackRock said its products comply with U.S. law and client mandates. [176]

In February 2025, a group of 17 U.S. state attorneys general criticized BlackRock for making improper or inadequate disclosures about investments in China. [177]

Ties with Federal Reserve

BlackRock was scrutinized for allegedly taking advantage of its close ties with the Federal Reserve during the COVID-19 pandemic response efforts. [178] [179] [180] In June 2020, The New Republic wrote that BlackRock "was having a very good pandemic" and was casting "itself as socially responsible while contributing to the climate catastrophe, evading regulatory scrutiny, and angling to influence [a potential] Biden administration." [109] The Financial Times described BlackRock as having secured a prominent advisory role in the Fed's post-COVID asset purchase program, prompting concerns over whether BlackRock would use its influence to encourage the Fed to purchase BlackRock products; during the Fed's 2020 quantitative easing program, BlackRock's corporate bond ETF received $4.3 billion in new investment, compared to the respective $33 million and $15 million received by BlackRock's competitors Vanguard Group and State Street. [181] BlackRock pledged to forgo profits from the Fed's program other than its financial markets advisory fees. It pledged additional income earned on its bond ETFs as a result of the buying program be returned to the Federal Reserve. [181] On May 26, 2020, the contract was released publicly. The New York Times wrote about the contract that BlackRock "will earn no more than $7.75 million per year for the main bond portfolio it will manage. It will also be prohibited from earning fees on the sale of bond-backed exchange traded funds, a segment of the market it dominates." [182]

Key people

As of 2025, BlackRock has an 18-member board of directors, including: [183]

People who have previously served on the BlackRock board of directors include:

See also

References

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