Welcome to Season 14 of The HPScast. This week, host Colbert Cannon sits down with Rob Kapito, co-founder and President of BlackRock. Rob shares his path from pumping gas at his family's garage to the trading floors of First Boston, and the eventual decision to join Larry Fink and a small group to build what would become the world's largest asset manager with $15+ trillion currently under management. Rob walks through the pivotal chapters of the BlackRock story, including the transformative Merrill Lynch and Barclays Global Investors deals, and the firm's latest evolution in private markets through the acquisitions of GIP and HPS. Plus, Rob discusses how he continues to focus on impact outside of work through Hope & Heroes, an organization that funds life-saving work on childhood cancer and blood disorders.
Welcome to Season 14 of The HPScast. This week, host Colbert Cannon sits down with Rob Kapito, co-founder and President of BlackRock. Rob shares his path from pumping gas at his family's garage to the trading floors of First Boston, and the eventual decision to join Larry Fink and a small group to build what would become the world's largest asset manager with $15+ trillion currently under management. Rob walks through the pivotal chapters of the BlackRock story, including the transformative Merrill Lynch and Barclays Global Investors deals, and the firm's latest evolution in private markets through the acquisitions of GIP and HPS. Plus, Rob discusses how he continues to focus on impact outside of work through Hope & Heroes, an organization that funds life-saving work on childhood cancer and blood disorders.
Learn more about Rob and his work at BlackRock here. You can find out how to get involved with Hope and Heroes here. Check out Rob's Best Idea for this week, the book Margin by Richard Swenson, here—and watch Colbert's Best Idea for this week, Somm, here.