He also serves on the Advisory Board of the Tsinghua University School of Economics and Management in Beijing and on the Executive Committee of the Partnership for New York City. In addition, he serves on the boards of the Museum of Modern Art, the Council on Foreign Relations and the International Rescue Committee. He and seven partners founded BlackRock in 1988, and, under his leadership, the firm has. As the chairman and CEO of BlackRock, Larry Fink is responsible for a massive 5.1 trillion in assets under management, making him one of the most influential people in global finance.
He serves as a member of the Board of Trustees of New York University (NYU) and the World Economic Forum, and is Co-Chairman of the NYU Langone Medical Center Board of Trustees. Fink is founder, chairman, and CEO of BlackRock, Inc. Fink was a member of the Management Committee and a Managing Director of The First Boston Corporation. Fink has been named one of the "World's Greatest Leaders" by Fortune, and Barron's has named him one of the "World's Best CEOs" for 15 consecutive years. BlackRock’s mission is to help investors build better financial futures and the firm is trusted to manage more money than any other investment company in the world. He and seven partners founded BlackRock in 1988, and under his leadership, the firm has grown into a global leader in investment and technology solutions. Fink is Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of BlackRock.