Rob Kapito
Rob Kapito is the Co-Founder and President of BlackRock, one of the largest investment management companies across the globe. A power center within the world's largest asset manager, Kapito has assumed several senior leadership roles within BlackRock. He is a recognized industry leader in portfolio management, and is a member of BlackRock’s Global Executive Committee and Chairman of the Global Operating Committee. He is also responsible for day-to-day oversight of BlackRock’s key operating units, including Investment Strategies, Client Businesses, Technology & Operations, and Risk & Quantitative Analysis. Prior to founding BlackRock, Kapito was a Vice President of the Mortgage Products Group at First Boston. He is a frequent public speaker on best practices in investment management.
Rob Kapito Professional Experience / Academic History
Professional Experience
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Co-Founder and President
Academic History
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Master of Business Administration
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B.S., Economics
CURRENT AFFILIATIONS
Board of Dean’s Advisors, Harvard Business School
Global Leadership Council, University of Oxford’s Saïd Business School
Board of Directors, Hope and Heroes Children’s Cancer Fund
Kapito is a member of BlackRock’s Global Executive Committee and Chairman of the Global Operating Committee.
He is responsible for day-to-day oversight of all of BlackRock's key operating units including Investment Strategies, Client Businesses, Technology & Operations, and Risk & Quantitative Analysis. Mr. Kapito is also a Director of iShares Inc.
He oversees BlackRock’s biggest entities, including the $2.3 trillion iShares exchange-traded-fund franchise, its $2.1 trillion in actively managed assets, and the Aladdin risk-management unit.
Prior to his current role, he was Head of BlackRock’s Portfolio Management Group, responsible for overseeing all portfolio management within BlackRock, including the Fixed Income, Equity, Liquidity, and Alternative Investment Groups.
EARLY CAREER
Prior to BlackRock, he was a Vice President of the Mortgage Products Group at First Boston Corporation.
He is a former Trustee of the University of Pennsylvania and former Chairman of the UJA-Federation of New York.
He has been featured in Forbes, Financial Times, Bloomberg, Business Insider, Barron's, Yahoo! Finance, Fox Business, CNBC, and The New York Times.
RECOGNITIONS
2012 Gustave L. Levy Award
2010 Marine Corps-Law Enforcement Foundation’s Semper Fidelis Award
2009 Joseph Wharton Leadership Award