Legends Live @Citi: Larry Fink
HIGHLIGHTS
- BlackRock Chairman and CEO Larry Fink joined Legends Live @Citi, sharing unique perspectives on financial leadership and the journey of building the world's largest asset manager.
- The session underscores the importance of visionary leadership in global finance, offering rare insights into investment strategy and building a successful, technology-driven firm from one of the industry's most influential executives.
- Hosted by Citi Global Chair of Banking Leon Kalvaria the discussion is a key part of the firm's ongoing global speaker series that connects audiences with titans of the financial industry.
Citi Global Chair of Banking Leon Kalvaria hosted Larry Fink, Chairman and CEO of BlackRock, for another session of our global speaker series, Legends Live @Citi.
Larry is a true titan of the financial industry and a visionary whose impact is simply immeasurable. During the session, he shared his unique perspective on leadership and the incredible journey of building BlackRock into the powerhouse it is today.
Larry Fink, Chairman and CEO, BlackRock
Laurence D. Fink is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of BlackRock. 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. BlackRock's mission is to help its clients build better financial futures and the firm is trusted to manage more money than any other investment company in the world.
Prior to founding BlackRock in 1988, Mr. Fink was a member of the Management Committee and a Managing Director of The First Boston Corporation.
He serves as a member of the Board of Trustees of the World Economic Forum and is Co-Chair of the NYU Langone Medical Center Board of Trustees. In addition, he serves on the boards of the Museum of Modern Art and the International Rescue Committee. 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.
Mr. Fink earned an MBA from the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) in 1976 and a BA from UCLA in 1974.
Leon Kalvaria, Global Chair of Banking, Citi
Leon Kalvaria is a member of the Client Organization Management Committee, and Citi’s Private Equity Investment Oversight Committee. Previously, Leon was Chairman of Citi’s Institutional Clients Group. Before that, he was Global Head of Consumer and Healthcare Investment Banking.
Leon joined Schroders in 1996 as Global Head of Consumer Banking, and Citigroup in 2000 following the merger of the two companies.
Prior to Schroders, Leon served as Vice Chairman and a Director of Triarc Companies, an investment company, and as Managing Director in the Mergers & Acquisitions Group at Credit Suisse First Boston. Leon was also a pioneer in the interest rate swap market at First Boston and a founding member of ISDA.
Leon has advised numerous Chief Executive Officers and Boards of Directors in some of the largest and most complex global mergers and acquisitions, recapitalizations and public offerings.
Leon received his BA from Princeton University (Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs) and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, and Heineken Family Council.
