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Larry Fink

Co-founder, chairman and CEO of BlackRock.

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Dates: 2 Nov 1952 –
Also known as: Laurence D. Fink, Laurence Douglas Fink

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Background

Citizen of United States 1
Educated at University of California, Los Angeles BA, political science 1974 2 3
Educated at University of California, Los Angeles MBA 1976 2 3
His mother taught English at Cal Northridge; his father owned a shoe store.4
His parents did not come from a lot of money but saved and invested, he writes.5
His father encouraged him to buy his first stock, DuPont, as a teenager.4
He says he arrived on Wall Street as "just an L.A. kid".6

Family ties

Lori Fink, wife
- funded University of California, Los Angeles donor, with her husband Larry Fink May 2008

Over time

Life 2 Nov 1952 –
worked at First Boston (member of the management committee, managing director) 1976–1988
CEO of BlackRock 1988 –
member of President's Strategic and Policy Forum (member) 2 Dec 2016 – 16 Aug 2017
chair of World Economic Forum (co-chair of the Board of Trustees) 15 Aug 2025 –
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Larry Fink co-founded BlackRock with seven partners in 1988 and is its chairman and chief executive.

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founded

BlackRock 1988 co-founder Primary record 2
Blackstone Financial Management 1988 co-founder Scholarship & press 7
BlackRock dates its own founding to 1988, by Fink and seven partners.

CEO of

BlackRock 1988 – Primary record 2
BlackRock describes the firm as growing under his leadership since its founding in 1988.

chair of

World Economic Forum 15 Aug 2025 – co-chair of the Board of Trustees Primary record 2 8 9
Named on an interim basis with André Hoffmann in August 2025.
NYU Langone Health co-chair of the Board of Trustees Primary record 2 3
BlackRock Primary record 2
Current role as of October 2026; start date not recorded here.

member of

President's Strategic and Policy Forum 2 Dec 2016 – 16 Aug 2017 member Primary record 10 11
Named a member when the forum was announced on 2 December 2016. On 16 August 2017 he told BlackRock staff he had decided to resign, and President Trump disbanded the forum that day.

worked at

First Boston 1976–1988 member of the management committee, managing director Primary record 2 3 4 6 12
BlackRock's 2026 proxy statement gives the same roles. Vanity Fair reported that his department lost $100 million in the second quarter of 1986, and that when he left in the spring of 1988 the firm made it known his departure was essentially forced; Fink says he was not fired. In 2024 he wrote that he lost $100 million on a series of bad trades at First Boston.

relative of

Lori Fink wife Primary record 3 13 14

citizen of

United States Scholarship & press 1

educated at

University of California, Los Angeles 1974 BA, political science Primary record 2 3
University of California, Los Angeles 1976 MBA Primary record 2 3

board member of

Museum of Modern Art Primary record 2 3

funded

University of California, Los Angeles May 2008 donor, with his wife Lori Fink, $10M Primary record 3 13 14
A joint gift that endowed the UCLA Center for Finance at the Anderson School, renamed the Laurence D. and Lori W. Fink Center for Finance and Investments.

Timeline 10 dates

2 Nov 1952 – Larry Fink
1974 Larry Fink educated at University of California, Los Angeles
1976–1988 Larry Fink worked at First Boston
1976 Larry Fink educated at University of California, Los Angeles
1988 Larry Fink founded BlackRock
1988 Larry Fink founded Blackstone Financial Management
1988 – Larry Fink CEO of BlackRock
May 2008 Larry Fink funded University of California, Los Angeles
2 Dec 2016 – 16 Aug 2017 Larry Fink member of President's Strategic and Policy Forum
15 Aug 2025 – Larry Fink chair of World Economic Forum

Proof 14 sources

Larry Fink (Forbes profile), Forbes, 10 Mar 2026. Scholarship & press
Citizenship United States
Larry Fink, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, BlackRock. Primary record
Mr. Fink earned an MBA from the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) in 1976 and a BA from UCLA in 1974.
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.
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.
He serves as Co-Chair of the Board of Trustees of the World Economic Forum and Co-Chair of NYU Langone Medical Center.
Laurence D. Fink is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of BlackRock.
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 also serves on the boards of the Museum of Modern Art and the Aspen Institute
BlackRock chairman Laurence Fink receives UCLA Medal, University of California, Los Angeles, 11 Mar 2016. Primary record
Fink, who earned his bachelor’s degree in political science from UCLA and his M.B.A. from UCLA Anderson School of Management
He also is on the New York University board of trustees and co-chairman of the NYU Langone Medical Center board of trustees.
He joined First Boston in 1976 and quickly became one of Wall Street’s first mortgage-backed securities traders.
In 2008, Larry and his wife, Lori, donated $10 million to endow the Laurence D. and Lori W. Fink Center for Finance and Investments.
He serves on the boards of New York’s Museum of Modern Art, the Council on Foreign Relations and Robin Hood, the New York City charitable organization
Larry Fink’s 2024 Annual Chairman’s Letter to Investors, BlackRock, 26 Mar 2024. Primary record
My mom taught English at the local state college (Cal Northridge), and my dad owned a shoe store.
My dad had always been an enthusiastic investor. He encouraged me to buy my first stock (the DuPont chemical company) as a teenager.
I lost $100 million on a series of bad trades at First Boston and…well, nobody needs to hear that story again.
Larry Fink’s 2026 Annual Chairman’s Letter to Investors, BlackRock, 23 Mar 2026. Primary record Archived copy
They didn’t come from a lot of money. My dad owned a shoe store. My mom taught English. But they saved what they could and invested it.
Larry Fink’s $12 Trillion Shadow, Vanity Fair, 2 Mar 2010. Scholarship & press
he was, he says, “just an L.A. kid” who showed up on Wall Street “with my turquoise jewelry and long hair.”
And then, in the second quarter of 1986, his department lost $100 million.
Fink insists he was not fired, but Wall Street has many ways of getting rid of people. When he left First Boston, in the spring of 1988, after two years as persona non grata, the firm, in a nasty parting shot, made it publicly known that Fink’s departure was essentially forced.
BlackRock, Inc., International Directory of Company Histories (Gale), via Encyclopedia.com. Scholarship & press
BlackRock's origins can be traced to 1988, when Blackstone Financial Management LP was formed by Laurence D. (Larry) Fink and a group of seven colleagues.
Board of Trustees | World Economic Forum, World Economic Forum. Primary record Archived copy
Co-Chair, World Economic Forum; Chair and CEO, BlackRock Laurence Fink
World Economic Forum Clears Schwab, Names Fink as Co-Chair, SWI swissinfo.ch (Bloomberg), 15 Aug 2025. Scholarship & press
The body also said Blackrock Inc.’s Larry Fink and Roche Holding AG vice chairman Andre Hoffmann will take over the leadership of the WEF board of trustees on an interim basis as co-chairs, according to a statement late Friday.
President-elect Trump Establishes the President’s Strategic and Policy Forum, Blackstone, 2 Dec 2016. Primary record Archived copy
Jamie Dimon, Chairman and CEO, JPMorgan Chase & Co; Larry Fink, Chairman and CEO, BlackRock; Bob Iger, Chairman and CEO, The Walt Disney Company;
Here's the memo Larry Fink, the head of the world's largest investor, just sent to staff about Trump's council, Business Insider, 16 Aug 2017. Scholarship & press
President Trump on Wednesday disbanded his two business councils, including a Strategy and Policy Forum that included Larry Fink, CEO of BlackRock, the world's largest investor.
Unfortunately, after the last few days, I concluded that I could no longer in good conscience participate in the Forum.
Laurence D. Fink, CNBC, 24 Mar 2015. Scholarship & press
Prior to founding BlackRock in 1988, Fink was a member of the management committee and a managing director of First Boston. Fink joined First Boston in 1976 and quickly became one of the first mortgage-backed securities traders on Wall Street.
Anderson endowed with $10 million, Daily Bruin, 11 May 2008. Scholarship & press
UCLA Anderson alumnus and current Chairman and Chief Executive of BlackRock Laurence Fink and his wife Lori donated $10 million to the UCLA Anderson School of Management on Thursday, the largest endowment since John Anderson’s naming donation in 1987.
Fink Center for Finance & Investments (UCLA Anderson School of Management), University of California, Los Angeles. Primary record
In 2008, a generous gift from Larry Fink, Chairman of the Board and CEO of BlackRock, and his wife, Lori, endowed the Center, renaming it in their honor.

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