BlackRock: The Company That Owns the World

Описание: BlackRock manages $13.5 trillion in assets—more than the GDP of every country on Earth except the United States and China. They are the largest shareholder in nearly every major corporation you can name: Apple, Microsoft, Amazon, Google, Tesla, JPMorgan Chase. Their software platform, Aladdin, monitors over $21 trillion—roughly a quarter of all managed money on the planet.
When the 2008 financial crisis hit, the Federal Reserve gave BlackRock no-bid contracts to manage toxic assets. When COVID crashed markets in 2020, the Fed called BlackRock again—this time to buy corporate bonds and ETFs on behalf of the U.S. government. They were permitted to purchase their own funds with taxpayer backing.
This is the story of how one company, born from a $100 million trading loss in 1986, became what some call the fourth branch of government.

🔍 KEY FACTS COVERED:

BlackRock's assets under management exceed Japan's entire GDP
The "Big Three" (BlackRock, Vanguard, State Street) own 74% of the ETF market
Aladdin software monitors $21.6+ trillion in global assets
BlackRock voted on 152,000+ corporate proposals in 2023 alone
100+ individuals have passed through the BlackRock-government revolving door
BlackRock launched the world's largest Bitcoin ETF in 2024


📚 SOURCES:
BlackRock SEC Filings & Investor Reports
Harvard Law School – "The Agency Problems of Institutional Investors"
New York Times Investigation (2021)
Congressional Letters to Treasury & Federal Reserve (2020)
Financial Stability Oversight Council Records

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