BlackRock CEO Larry Fink says he’s being attacked equally by the left and right in ESG fight ‘so I’m doing something right' (2024)

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Blackrock, the world's biggest asset manager abandoned ESG investing after a wave of complaints against “woke capitalism” that made the term politically toxic. Please note, BlackRock CEO Larry Fink Is Doing 'Transition Investing' Now.

BLACKROCK ADMITS ESG ADVOCACY COULD PROVE BAD FOR BUSINESS

For example, the New York firm is a signatory of the Net Zero Asset Managers (NZAM) initiative, which was founded in 2020 to support the asset management industry to commit to a goal of net-zero emissions.

Following the conservative backlash of 2023, Fink stated he will no longer be using the term ESG, as it had become too political. He is opting instead for terms like stakeholder capitalism, sustainable investing, or climate investing.

Who Owns the Most Shares of BlackRock? The Vanguard Group, Inc. holds the most shares, with 8.65% ownership, amounting to 12,868,201 shares​​.

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Fink is the CEO and co-founder of BlackRock. Along with seven colleagues, he started the company. As of 31 January 2023, he owned 520,126 making him the biggest individual shareholder.

Adrian Shelley, director of left-leaning nonprofit Public Citizen, said the move to pull PSF investments out of BlackRock amounted to a government mandate to support the fossil fuel industry. “The state is essentially saying private companies must invest in fossil fuels to do business with the state,” Shelley said.

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Larry Fink / Net worth

BlackRock has evolved from a small startup to a global conglomerate. This market giant invests in experimenting in all areas, and as a result, it owns shares and voting rights in several of Europe's largest firms, including those in energy, oil and gas, and, of course, banking.

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Who is behind ESG? ›

The term ESG first came to prominence in a 2004 report titled "Who Cares Wins", which was a joint initiative of financial institutions at the invitation of the United Nations (UN).

It argues that the SEC's mandatory disclosure rules are controversial and therefore ineligible for judicial deference because they impose a political viewpoint. The proposed rules are also controversial because they harm investors as a class in order to confer a benefit upon a subgroup of investors.

ownership in SCHW / The Charles Schwab Corporation. 2024-01-31 - BlackRock Inc. has filed an SC 13G/A form with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) disclosing ownership of 96,697,577 shares of The Charles Schwab Corporation (US:SCHW). This represents 5.5 percent ownership of the company.

Larry Fink, who founded BlackRock, the world's largest asset management firm, in 1988 (initially under the purview of Blackstone), currently has a net worth of $1.2 billion. He serves as the Chairman and CEO of BlackRock, which currently manages $8.7 trillion in total assets.

BlackRock Inc.'s global head of human resources Jeff Smith is leaving the company after failing to adhere to company policy, according to a memo viewed by Bloomberg News.

April 4 (Reuters) - BlackRock (BLK. N) , opens new tab CEO Laurence Fink's total pay for 2023 was $26.9 million, down from $32.7 million a year earlier, according to the company's regulatory filings on Thursday.

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Actual Assets Under Management (AUM) is this value plus cash (which is not disclosed). BlackRock Inc.'s top holdings are Microsoft Corporation (US:MSFT) , Apple Inc. (US:AAPL) , Amazon.com, Inc. (US:AMZN) , NVIDIA Corporation (US:NVDA) , and Alphabet Inc.