meet larry fink

1) born in los angeles in 1952
2) studied political science and finance at ucla
3) started career at first boston in 1976 trading mortgage-backed securities
4) lost about $100M in a bad trade in 1986 which changed how he views risk
5) co-founded blackrock in 1988 with seven partners
6) built blackrock into the largest asset manager in the world
7) today the firm manages around $10T+ in global assets
8) runs iShares, one of the biggest ETF businesses on earth
9) created Aladdin, a system used globally to manage investment risk
10) during the 2020 crisis the U.S. government hired blackrock to manage bond buying programs
11) publishes annual letters influencing corporate strategy and governance
12) widely considered one of the most powerful people in global finance