Business Insider: Here are 9 fascinating facts to know about BlackRock, the world's largest asset manager popping up in the Biden administration

Here are 9 fascinating facts to know about BlackRock, the world's largest asset manager popping up in the Biden administration

 Rebecca Ungarino Jan 8, 2021 

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• The world's biggest fund manager, BlackRock, has become an increasingly influential player in Washington, DC. 

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  BlackRock Chief Executive Larry Fink was reportedly under consideration by 2016 presidential candidate Hillary Clinton to run the Treasury Department. AP

  
  The firm's global head of sustainable investing is set to head Biden's National Economic Council, and a former advisor to BlackRock Chief Executive Larry Fink will serve as a top official at Treasury.
• Meanwhile BlackRock's global chief investment strategist, who worked in the Obama administration before joining the firm, is going to be chief economic advisor to Vice President-elect Kamala Harris. 
• Here's a rundown of fast facts you need to know about BlackRock. 
• BlackRock, the world's largest investment manager, has become an increasingly influential Wall Street player in Washington, DC as a poster child of the revolving door between finance and politics.