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Oct 7, 2021, 6 tweets

Larry Fink built BlackRock into the biggest money manager the planet has ever seen. But should one company wield so much power? ft.com/content/7dfd1e…

Here’s some things you need to know about BlackRock: ft.com/content/7dfd1e…

By the end of the year, it’s likely BlackRock will be managing more than $10tn in assets.

To put this in context, it is roughly equivalent to the entire global hedge fund, private equity and venture capital industries combined ft.com/content/7dfd1e…

Today Larry Fink is the undisputed king of Wall Street. Having founded a small bond investment house just three decades ago, he has managed to build it into a vast financial empire, the likes of which have never been seen before ft.com/content/7dfd1e…

With power comes mounting scrutiny. BlackRock has become a lightning rod for criticism for both the political left and right ft.com/content/7dfd1e…

This is the fascinating story of how Larry Fink became the most powerful person in global finance 👇
ft.com/content/7dfd1e…

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