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BlackRock
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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, with $12.5 trillion in assets under management as of 2025. Headquartered in New York City, BlackRock has 70 offices in 30 countries and clients in 100 countries.
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BlackRock is an active company based in New York, United States, established in 1988. The organization employs 19,800 people and manages assets under management of 10,010,143,000,000. Its financial records indicate total assets of 123,200,000,000 and total equity of 52,667,000,000.
The company’s market capitalization stands at 120,500,000,000. It reported total revenue of 19,374,000,000, with an operating income of 7,450,000,000 and a net profit of 5,901,000,000. BlackRock maintains an official website and has 589,915 social media followers.
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Key facts
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- BlackRock, Inc.
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- Logo of BlackRock
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- Headquarters at 50 Hudson Yards
- Company.type
- Public
- Company.industry
- Investment management
- Company.hq_location
- 50 Hudson Yards
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- U.S.
- Company.area_served
- Worldwide
- Company.num_employees
- 24,900 (2025)
via Wikipedia infobox
Research organization · ROR
- Type
- Company
- Founded
- 1988
- Location
- New York, United States
- Status
- Active
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Official website
Vermögensverwaltung und Finanzdienstleistungen | BlackRock
Seit über 30 Jahren arbeitet BlackRock daran, die Wirtschaft zu stärken und Anlegern zu ihren finanziellen Zielen zu verhelfen.
blackrock.com →Link to the official site · 19,577 chars · not written by Vinony
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Encyclopedic overview
23 sectionsContents
- History
- 1988–1999
- 1999–2009
- 2010–2019
- 2020–present
- Finances
- Mergers and acquisitions
- Ownership
- Controversies
- Influence and power
- Common ownership
- Environmental, social and corporate governance investing
- Investments in contributors to climate change
- Investments in gun manufacturers
- BlackRock study on integrating ESG into banking rules
- U.S. states refusing to do business with BlackRock due to ESG policies
- Criticism of investments in China
- Ties with Federal Reserve
- Key people
- See also
- References
- Further reading
- External links
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, with $12.5 trillion in assets under management as of 2025. Headquartered in New York City, BlackRock has 70 offices in 30 countries and clients in 100 countries.
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. 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 2025, BlackRock was ranked 210th on the Fortune 500 list of the largest U.S. corporations by revenue.
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