But had no idea of their great wealth & control.
From Wiki:
BlackRock was founded in 1988 by Larry Fink, Robert S. Kapito, Susan Wagner, Barbara Novick, Ben Golub, Hugh Frater, Ralph Schlosstein, and Keith Anderson to provide institutional clients with asset management services from a risk management perspective.
Subsidiaries:
BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, N.A.
BlackRock Fund Advisors
BlackRock Group Ltd
52nd Street Capital Advisors LLC
AnalytX LLC
AnalytX Software LLC
Asia-Pacific Private Credit Opportunities Fund I (GenPar) Ltd.
BAA Holdings, LLC
Beijing eFront Software Company Limited
BFM Holdco, LLC
BLK (Gallatin) Holdings, LLC
BR Acquisition Mexico S.A. de C.V.
Cachematrix Holdings, LLC
eFront Ltd
Global Energy & Power Infrastructure Advisors LLC
Grosvenor Ventures Limited
HLX Financial Holdings, LLC
Mercury Carry Company Ltd.
MGPA Limited
Object Capital Technology, Inc.
Phoenix Acquisition B.V.
Portfolio Administration & Management Ltd.
SVOF/MM, LLC
Tennenbaum Capital Partners, LLC
Tlali Acero, S.A. de C.V.
SOFOM ENR
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Thank you for enlightening us, Uncle Joe!