Larry Fink
4 statements across 4 episodes · 2 bullish · 1 bearish · 4 people on the record · first statement Jan 7, 2019 by Jennifer Prosek · said 36 times in 17 episodes since 2018 · across every show →
Mentions by year
brought up most by Matt Botein (8), Ted Seides (2), Sarah Williamson (2), Rick Rieder (2), Lauren Taylor Wolfe (2), Jennifer Prosek (2), James Aitken (2), Jake Walthour (2)
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2025 2 mentions in 2 episodes 1 per episode
2023 3 mentions in 2 episodes 2 per episode
2022 1 mention in 1 episode
2021 2 mentions in 1 episode
2020 9 mentions in 5 episodes 2 per episode
- Diversity, Equity & Inclusion 1: Jacob Walthour – A Blueprint for Diversity (Capital Allocators, EP.151)
- Sustainable Investing 8: Lauren Taylor Wolfe – Activist Perspective (Capital Allocators, EP.146)
- Greg Fleming – Building and Running Rockefeller Capital Management (Capital Allocators, EP.125)
- James Aitken – Tour Around the World from a Small Island (Capital Allocators, EP.122)
- Sustainable Investing 9: Reuben Munger – Private Capital Perspective (Capital Allocators, EP.147)
- every mention in 2020, scene by scene →
2019 16 mentions in 5 episodes 3 per episode
- Matt Botein – Flexible Investing and Institutional Challenges (Capital Allocators, EP.88)
- Jen Prosek – Branding an Asset Management Firm (Capital Allocators, EP.81)
- André Bourbonnais – Blackrock Long-Term Private Capital (First Meeting, EP.04)
- Ash Williams – Florida SBA's Reigning Chief (Capital Allocator, EP.104)
- Matt Levine – Money Stuff (Capital Allocators, EP.97)
- every mention in 2019, scene by scene →
2018 3 mentions in 1 episode
Everything said about Larry Fink, oldest first
Jan 7, 2019 positive
Prosek: BlackRock pioneered sophisticated asset management marketing for decades
“BlackRock was probably one of the pioneers in sophisticated marketing in the asset management space. They didn't become BlackRock overnight. They've been marketing for 35, 40 years, and Larry Fink's been a thought leader for, what, 25 years.”
Mar 16, 2020 positive
Fleming: Larry Fink's leadership, not just iShares, drove BlackRock's success
“BlackRock's a good example of great leadership. Larry Fink, he's a really good leader, both strategically in terms of where they should go, and putting people in the right seats and motivating them. And that's one reason why that firm has done as well as it ha…”
Aug 10, 2020 negative
Walthour: Larry Fink's diversity pledge was PR to deflect Blueprint's lawsuit
“Larry Fink comes out with an announcement on June, 22nd, that he's going to increase his black staff by 30% over four years. I'd like to think that we had positive influence there, but I think that it really was not a heartfelt announcement. It was really desi…”
Aug 26, 2021
Rieder left Lehman in May 2008 before merging his fund into BlackRock
“Then I went to Lehman, went out of Lehman to run a hedge fund, and unfortunately I did a Mayo eight, wasn't exactly perfect timing. Good timing to leave Lehman, but it wasn't a perfect time to set up a credit hedge fund. And then we had a tough oh eight. And t…”