Larry Fink
Individuals
Larry Fink is the co-founder, Chairman, and CEO of BlackRock, the world's largest asset manager with over $11 trillion in AUM. Once skeptical of Bitcoin, Fink became one of its most powerful institutional champions, driving BlackRock's launch of the iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT), which became the fastest ETF to reach $50 billion in AUM in history. Fink publicly endorsed Bitcoin as a legitimate asset class and a hedge against currency debasement, calling it "digital gold."
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- Role
- Chairman & CEO, BlackRock
- Company
- BlackRock
- Notable
- BlackRock IBIT became fastest ETF to $50B AUM in history
- Known For
- Led BlackRock Bitcoin ETF (IBIT), converted from Bitcoin skeptic to institutional Bitcoin champion, called Bitcoin 'digital gold'
- Nationality
- American
- Estimated Btc
- Undisclosed personal + institutional via IBIT ($50B+ AUM)
- Twitter Handle
- LarryFink
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