BlackRock, Inc. (NYSE: BLK)

40 E. 52nd St.
New York, NY 10022 (Map)

Phone: 212-810-5300
Fax: 212-935-1370

http://www.blackrock.com

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Overview

Now this is the kind of coal you want in your stocking. BlackRock is one of the world's largest money managers. The firm specializes in fixed-income products and money market instruments for mostly institutional clients worldwide, including pension plans, insurance companies, mutual funds, endowments, foundations, and charities. It also provides risk management services, manages hedge funds, and oversees the operations of publicly traded real estate investment trust Anthracite Capital. The firm has more than 75 offices worldwide. BlackRock CEO Lawrence Fink, who has overseen a string of major acquisitions in recent years, engineered a blockbuster merger with Barclays Global Investors in 2009.

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Key financials for BlackRock, Inc. (NYSE: BLK)

Company Type	Public (NYSE: BLK)
Fiscal Year-End	December
2008 Sales (mil.)	£3,497.2
1-Year Sales Growth	4.5%
2008 Net Income (mil.)	£542.8
1-Year Net Income Growth	(21.0%)
2008 Employees	5,341
1-Year Employee Growth	(2.9%)

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Key people and executives for BlackRock, Inc. (NYSE: BLK)

Chairman and CEO	Laurence D. Fink (Subscribers see complete biographies -- view sample) Connect to this executive
President and Director	Robert S. (Rob) Kapito Connect to this executive
Vice Chairman, Chief Investment Officer - Fixed Income	Scott M. Amero Connect to this executive

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Financial Services
- Asset Management
  - Institutional Asset Management(primary)
  - Hedge Fund Management
  - Mutual Fund Management

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#469 in FORTUNE 500
#325 in FT Global 500

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