He is the chairman and CEO of BlackRock, an American multinational investment management corporation. ANDREW ROSS SORKIN: And you can watch the entire interview with Laurence Douglas Fink on CNBC.com.

Lori W Fink, Daniel Fink, David Fink, Tamara Fink, Halima T Latif, Fergensen A Leon, Anna Marie Leone, 916 PO Box, Alpine, New Jersey 07620-0916, USA, Nov 2 1952 - Los Angeles, California, USA, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, United States. [3], In 1988, under the corporate umbrella of The Blackstone Group, Fink co-founded BlackRock and became its Director and CEO. ANDREW ROSS SORKIN: What do you tell people who will look at this and say ‘This is just marketing?’ There was a hedge fund manager in the UK last month who said that BlackRock’s record was appalling. And so, we believe this is a process. In 2006 Fink led the merger with Merrill Lynch Investment Managers, which doubled BlackRock’s asset management portfolio. ANDREW ROSS SORKIN: How much of this though is driven by investment itself, getting ahead of the narrative, if you will. And we have 4,800 companies where we had to change -- where we voted against board people. One of the speakers this time around will be White Diamond Research, which has a strong track record for calling shorts. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Although BlackRock is private, its 6.96 trillion dollars in assets and wide range of investments gives the firm enormous power over the global financial system. I’m not here to tell you whether it’s going to be 70/30 or 30/70. American businessman Laurence D. Fink has an estimated net worth of $340 million in 2012. Laurence Douglas Fink co-founded BlackRock. Let me show you what happened during our conversation. And we’ll of course bring you more excerpts from it throughout the next couple of hours. He is the chairman and chief executive officer of BlackRock, an American multinational investment management corporation. They’re going to be looking for us to be helping them think about these issues. And some of the biggest energy companies are at the forefront of the – of renewables, and working towards that. Eventually taking charge of First Boston's bond department, Fink was instrumental in the creation and development of the mortgage-backed security market in the United States. Laurence Douglas "Larry" Fink (born 1952) is an American financial executive. [21] This move strengthened BlackRock’s revolving door with the federal government. His firm’s financial clout and risk-management innovations have made it an important player in the efforts to resolve both the 2008 global credit shock and the ongoing challenge of solving the crisis facing the European Union’s single currency.Alongside his career at BlackRock, Fink serves on the board of trustees of New York University, where he holds various chairmanships including chair of the Financial Affairs Committee. We’re going to create much greater transparency. ANDREW ROSS SORKIN: And for the full interview, you can see it, with Laurence Douglas Fink, on CNBC.com. LAURENCE DOUGLAS FINK [3][14] BlackRock went public in 1999. That called of this green washing. It plans to be voting against, by the way, boards and managements that don’t disclose their sustainability, their sustainability goals, the fossil fuels that are going to be screened out of – that are going to include target date, retirement programs. [33], In December 2016, Fink joined a business forum assembled by then president-elect Donald Trump to provide strategic and policy advice on economic issues. Larry Fink's Son Has A Cringe-Worthy Track Record As A Hedge Fund Manager.