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BlackRock's Competitors, Revenue, Number of Employees, Funding and Acquisitions

BlackRock is an investment management firm that provides risk and fixed income institutional asset management services.

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Based on data from BlackRock's latest SEC filings

Annual Revenue

Based on data from BlackRock's latest SEC filings

Employees

Laurence D. Fink's photo - Chairman & CEO of BlackRock

Chairman & CEO

Laurence D. Fink

CEO Approval Rating

71/100

OVERVIEW

Founded:

1988

Headquarters:

New YorkNew York

Status:

PublicIndependent Company of NYSEBLK

Industry Sector:

Diversified Investment Services

SIC Code:

6199NAICS listing »

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Trending News for BlackRock and BlackRock's Competitors

January 22, 2020

Reuters

REFILE-DAVOS-BlackRock, partners eye initial $500 mln for climate fund

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January 22, 2020

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January 21, 2020

CNBC

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Competitive Analysis

TOP COMPETITORS OR ALTERNATIVES

Fidelity is the biggest rival of BlackRock. Fidelity was founded in 1946, and its headquarters is in Boston, Massachusetts. Fidelity operates in the Diversified Financial Services industry. Fidelity has 25,100 more employees than BlackRock.

PIMCO has been one of BlackRock's top competitors. PIMCO is a Private company that was founded in Newport Beach, California in 1971. PIMCO competes in the Investment Management & Fund Operators industry. PIMCO has 12,700 fewer employees vs. BlackRock.

Schroders is BlackRock's #3 rival. Schroders was founded in 1804 in London, England. Schroders is in the Business Support Services industry. Schroders generates $11.3B less revenue than BlackRock.

RANK

COMPANY

LEADERSHIP

CEO SCORE

EMPLOYEES

TOTAL FUNDING

REVENUE

Laurence D. Fink

Chairman & CEO

- -
14,900
$8.8B
$14B
1

Abigail P. Johnson

Chairman & CEO

64/100
40,000
$2.1B
$20.4B
2

Emmanuel Roman

CEO

85/100
2,200
$13.7B
$250M
3

Peter Harrison

CEO

78/100
9
$180.5M
$2.7B
4

Mortimer J. Buckley

Chairman & CEO

68/100
16,600
- -
$2B
5

Brendan Swords

Chairman & CEO

70/100
2,313
$393M
$331.1M
6

Phil de Toledo

President

75/100
7,500
- -
$7.3B
7

Drew Krichman

Managing Director

70/100
800
- -
$53M
8

Stephen A. Schwarzman

Chairman & CEO

67/100
2,615
$137.6B
$6.5B
9

Gregory E. Johnson

Chairman & CEO

70/100
9,700
$194.1M
$128.4M
10

David M. Solomon

Chairman & CEO

75/100
36,600
$2.9B
$34.7B
The top 10 competitors in BlackRock's competitive set are Fidelity, PIMCO, Schroders, Vanguard, Wellington Management, Capital Group, Jane Street, Blackstone, Franklin Templeton Investments and Goldman Sachs. Together they have raised over 157.1B between their estimated 124.0K employees. BlackRock has 14,900 employees and is ranked 4th among it's top 10 competitors. The top 10 competitors average 12,112.

Quarterly and Annual Revenue

Trailing 12-Months Trend (TTM)

Annual Revenue

$14B

BlackRock's revenue is the ranked 3rd among it's top 10 competitors. The top 10 competitors average 8B. Over the last four quarters, BlackRock's revenue has grown by 7.5%. Specifically, in Q3 2019's revenue was $3.7B; in Q2 2019, it was $3.5B; in Q1 2019, it was $3.3B; in Q4 2018, BlackRock's revenue was $3.4B.

Acquisitions

COMPANY ACQUIRED
ACQUISITION DATE
AMOUNT
DESCRIPTION
Triunfo Participacoes e Investimentos S.A.

Oct 2019

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$41.7M
Triunfo is a holding company that focuses on operating highway concessions, ports administration, coastal shipping and energy companies.
eFront, S.A.

Mar 2019

Source »
$1.3B
eFront is an alternative investment software that offers portfolio management, fund administration and performance assessment solution for businesses.
Tennenbaum Capital Partners, LLC

Apr 2018

Source »
undisclosed
TCP is a private equity firm that focuses on buyouts, restructuring, turnaround, equity and debt investments.
Cachematrix Holdings LLC

Jun 2017

Source »
undisclosed
Cachematrix is a financial technology company that specializes in providing cash management solutions for banks and other financial institutions.
FutureAdvisor, Inc.

Aug 2015

Source »
undisclosed
FutureAdvisor is a provider of digital finance advisory service that automatically manages the investment decisions.

These are all the companies that BlackRock has acquired. BlackRock has acquired 7 companies and its latest acquisition was Triunfo Participacoes e Investimentos S.A. in Oct 2019. Triunfo is a holding company that focuses on operating highway concessions, ports administration, coastal shipping and energy companies.

BlackRock Funding History

Since BlackRock was founded in 1988, it has participated in 9 rounds of funding. In total BlackRock has raised $8.8B. BlackRock's last funding round was on Jul 2019 for a total of $2.0B

ROUND

FUNDING DATE

AMOUNT

INVESTORS

Investment Fund
Jul 2019
$2B
-
Investment Fund
Apr 2019
$2.8B
-
Investment Fund
Apr 2018
$122.6M
-
Investment Fund
Nov 2017
$500M
-
Investment Fund
Jul 2017
$1.6B
-

Total Funding: $8.8B

Since BlackRock was founded in 1988, it has participated in 9 rounds of funding. In total BlackRock has raised $8.8B. BlackRock's last funding round was on Jul 2019 for a total of $2.0B

Investments

COMPANY

DESCRIPTION

AMOUNT

INVESTMENT DATE

ROUND

EXIT DATE

SiteMinder develops a guest acquisition platform that offers market intelligence, channel management and direct booking solutions for hotels.
$70M
Jan 16, 2020
Equity
-
Rivian is an automotive company that designs and manufactures self-driving electric trucks and sport utility vehicles.
$1.3B
Dec 22, 2019
Equity
-
THG is an online retailer of sports nutrition, activewear, footwear, home furnishing, beauty care and grooming products.
$88M
Dec 14, 2019
Equity
-
Scopely develops, publishes and distributes free-to-play mobile games for the entertainment industry.
$200M
Oct 28, 2019
Series D
-
Databricks is a big data analytics firm that provides data management and spatial frameworks solutions for businesses.
$400M
Oct 21, 2019
Series F
-

These are all the companies that BlackRock has invested in. BlackRock has invested 7 companies and its latest investment was Triunfo Participacoes e Investimentos S.A. in Oct 2019. Triunfo is a holding company that focuses on operating highway concessions, ports administration, coastal shipping and energy companies.

BlackRock News

January 22, 2020Reuters

REFILE-DAVOS-BlackRock, partners eye initial $500 mln for climate fund

* To invest at least a quarter of capital in Africa (Corrects "BlackRock" to "Group" in second bullet... See more »
January 22, 2020Reuters

BlackRock built 5% stake in ex-Toshiba unit at centre of takeover battle-filing

BlackRock Inc has built a 5.12% stake in Toshiba Machine, a former Toshiba Corp subsidiary that has b... See more »
January 22, 2020THE IRISH TIMES

New offices to let in sought-after south Dublin suburb of Blackrock

Companies seeking a prime location in Dublin's south suburbs may be interested in a new office develo... See more »
January 22, 2020MarketScreener

Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

(marketscreener.com) FORM 4 [ ] Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 o... See more »
January 22, 2020Finance & Commerce

Companies must step up on climate change, says BlackRock CEO

Government institutions can't solely address climate change, placing a burden on companies to help de... See more »
January 21, 2020The Economic Times

BlackRock to exit Coal India by mid 2020

BlackRock, the world's largest money manager with $7 trillion under management, will cut its equity i... See more »
January 21, 2020Magazine of Travel

Investors led by BlackRock inject 62 million into SiteMinder to boost their global growth

Investors led by BlackRock, among which are AustralianSuper, Ellerston (through Ellerston Jaade Fund)... See more »

BlackRock Blogs

January 7, 2020BlackRock Blog

For 2020, buy early

After an astounding 2019, what's in store for 2020? Russ discusses.... See more »
January 6, 2020BlackRock Blog

The case for inflation-linked bonds

Mike explains why we favor inflation-linked bonds in both tactical and strategic portfolios.... See more »
December 19, 2019BlackRock Blog

A holiday reading list from the BlackRock Investment Institute

‘Tis the season for holiday reading. Jean shares our top picks to take you through the new year.... See more »
December 18, 2019BlackRock Blog

In 2020, the critical number to know is 1.8

Rick Rieder and Russ Brownback argue that contrary to the many year-end outlooks foreseeing either a ... See more »
December 16, 2019BlackRock Blog

Changes to our investing views for 2020

We have made meaningful changes to our tactical asset views heading into 2020, including a moderate t... See more »
December 13, 2019BlackRock Blog

What Boris Johnson's election victory means for UK assets

We expect to see flows back into UK equity and credit now that some of the Brexit uncertainty has bee... See more »
December 11, 2019BlackRock Blog

How to avoid "dollar cost ravaging" in retirement

Patrick Nolan sits down with Mark Peterson, Director of Investment Strategy and Education, to talk ab... See more »

BlackRock Press Releases

October 31, 2019centralcharts

BlackRock Greater Europe Investment Trust Plc - Submission of Documents

BlackRock Greater Europe Investment Trust Plc - Submission of Documents PR Newswire London, October 2... See more »
October 18, 2019centralcharts

Blackrock Announces Annual and Special Meeting Results

Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - October 18, 2019) - Blackrock Gold Corp. (TSXV: BRC) (... See more »
October 16, 2019centralcharts

BlackRock's indirect shareholding in UPM has gone above the threshold of 5 per cent

UPM-Kymmene Corporation Stock Exchange Release (Flagging Release) 16 October 2019 at 10:15 EET BlackR... See more »
October 1, 2019centralcharts

BlackRock Capital Investment Corporation to Report Third Quarter 2019 Earnings on October 30, 2019

BlackRock Capital Investment Corporation (NASDAQ:BKCC) ("BlackRock Capital Investment" or the "Compan... See more »
September 26, 2019centralcharts

BlackRock Greater Europe Investment Trust Plc - Director Declaration

BlackRock Greater Europe Investment Trust Plc - Director Declaration PR Newswire London, September 26... See more »
September 18, 2019centralcharts

BlackRock Income and Growth Investment Trust Plc - Portfolio Update

BlackRock Income and Growth Investment Trust Plc - Portfolio Update PR Newswire London, September 17 ... See more »
September 16, 2019centralcharts

BlackRock North American Income Trust Plc - Holding(s) in Company

BlackRock North American Income Trust Plc - Holding(s) in Company PR Newswire London, September 16 Bl... See more »

BlackRock Videos

May 2, 2019BlackRock Youtube Channel

"Meet Mariann, Analyst, Data Science | BlackRock Budapest" on YOUTUBE

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April 23, 2019BlackRock Youtube Channel

"My First Day | BlackRock Budapest" on YOUTUBE

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March 25, 2019BlackRock Youtube Channel

"Her advice: Be a mosaic thinker | Kate Moore" on YOUTUBE

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March 9, 2019BlackRock Youtube Channel

"BlackRock & SF Marin Food Bank partnering in the fight against hunger." on YOUTUBE

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March 8, 2019BlackRock Youtube Channel

"International Women's Day 2019: Career Tips from Women at BlackRock" on YOUTUBE

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March 7, 2019BlackRock Youtube Channel

"Her advice: Get involved | Bernadette Rivosecchi" on YOUTUBE

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March 7, 2019BlackRock Youtube Channel

"Her advice: Be yourself | Andrea Picard" on YOUTUBE

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Social Statistics

Headquarters

40 E 52nd Street

New York, New York10022

212-810-5300

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Summary

ABOUT

Overview

BlackRock, Inc. (NYSE: BLK) is an investment management firm that provides risk and fixed income institutional asset management services. Founded in 1988 and headquartered in New York with 12,200 employees, it provides diversified investment managemen...

CEO

BlackRock's Chairman & CEO, Laurence D. Fink, currently has an approval rating of 71%. BlackRock's primary competitors are Fidelity, PIMCO & Schroders.

Website

blackrock.com

Frequently Asked Questions about BlackRock

  1. When was BlackRock founded?

    BlackRock was founded in 1988

  2. Who is BlackRock's CEO?

    BlackRock's CEO is Laurence D. Fink

  3. How much revenue does BlackRock generate?

    BlackRock generates $14B in revenue

  4. How much funding does BlackRock have?

    BlackRock has historically raised $8.8B in funding

  5. Where is BlackRock's headquarters?

    BlackRock's headquarters is in New York New York, USA

  1. How many employees does BlackRock have?

    BlackRock has 14,900 employees

  2. What sector does BlackRock operate in?

    BlackRock is in Diversified Investment Services

  3. Who are BlackRock's competitors?

    BlackRock's top competitors are Fidelity, PIMCO, Schroders

  4. Who has BlackRock invested in?

    BlackRock's has invested in companies such as SiteMinder, Rivian, THG
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