Larry Fink
Chairman & CEO at BlackRock
CEO of BlackRock, the world's largest asset manager. Influential voice on corporate governance, ESG investing, and technology's impact on finance.
About Larry Fink
Larry Fink is the Chairman and CEO of BlackRock, the world’s largest asset management firm with over $10 trillion in assets under management. He founded BlackRock in 1988 and has shaped it into the dominant force in global investment management.
Career Highlights
- BlackRock CEO (1988-present): Built the world’s largest asset manager
- Aladdin Platform: Created the industry-leading risk management system
- ESG Investing: Influential advocate for stakeholder capitalism
- First Boston (1976-1988): Pioneered mortgage-backed securities
Notable Positions
On AI’s Economic Impact
At Davos 2026, Fink emphasized that AI diffusion is the key challenge:
“The real question is how the models, the data, and the infrastructure spread more evenly to create surplus everywhere.”
On AI Transforming Finance
“Things that would take 12 hours to compute now takes minutes for us, processing $14 trillion of other people’s money with hundreds of thousands of different mandates. We could not function at this scale without AI.”
Key Quotes
- “AI diffusion determines whether benefits are shared.”
- “Technology democratization transforms economies.”
Related Reading
- Enterprise AI - AI adoption in large organizations
- Satya Nadella - Microsoft’s AI strategy
Video Mentions
AI diffusion
AI is foundational for companies, countries, and society. The real question is how to ensure AI diffusion happens fast and creates surplus everywhere.
AI infrastructure investment
Interviewed Sam Altman at BlackRock's AI Infrastructure Forum (AI1F). As OpenAI board member, discussed $110B funding round, Stargate infrastructure, and partnership with building trades unions.