Who is in the BlackRock mafia?

Notable members include Mo Shaikh (Meridio), Bo Lu (FutureAdvisor), Gus Trigos (Runtime), Shourya Lala (Third Chair), Robert Ross (Lume), Anand Kannappan (Kyber Technologies), Vivian Wang (Landed), Coenraad Vrolijk (CarbonPool), among 73 tracked members.

What companies did BlackRock alumni found?

Companies founded by BlackRock alumni include Meridio, FutureAdvisor, Runtime, Third Chair, Lume, Kyber Technologies, Landed, CarbonPool, GSR, Peernova.

The BlackRock Mafia

73 people came through BlackRock and went on to found or lead other companies.

Mo ShaikhReal Estate AssociateFounded Meridio +2 Bo LuManaging DirectorFounded FutureAdvisor +1 Gus TrigosQuant, Quantitative Investment GroupFounded Runtime +1 Shourya LalaSoftware EngineerFounded Third Chair +1 Robert RossQuantitative Investing Summer AnalystFounded Lume +1 Anand KannappanQuantitative AnalystFounded Kyber Technologies +1 Vivian WangFinancial Markets Advisory Summer AnalystFounded Landed +1 Coenraad VrolijkManaging DirectorFounded CarbonPool +1 Xin SongPortfolio ManagerFounded GSR Howard MergelkampDirector - Corporate Ventures & AdvisoryFounded Peernova Alfred JohnsonVP, Financial Markets AdvisoryFounded Crux Santiago TenorioTeam Leader - Portfolio Analytics (Financial Institutions)Founded Elevation Labs Ron AllenGlobal Head Of Transformation, Aladdin Client BusinessFounded OnCorps Keri GawlikAssociate, Marketing & Content StrategyFounded Spoon University Noel ArchardManaging Director, Head, US iShares ProductFounded BlackRock Agnes BudzynSpecial Situations Team, Financial Markets Advisory GroupFounded ConsenSys Larry FinkChairman and Chief Executive OfficerFounded BlackRock Joud Abdel MajeidSenior Managing Director, Co-Head of the Global Partners Office (GPO)Founded BlackRock Jessica TanHead of Global Product SolutionsFounded BlackRock Mark YinglingAladdin Solutions AnalystFounded Elm Tree Capital Partner Nelson ChuAnalyst - Fixed Income Portfolio Management's Business Strategy GroupFounded Percent Lena Belkor (Belogolova)Portfolio ManagerFounded Venuetastic Greg GurevichAnalystFounded Clickfacts Andrej Zukov-GregoricNLP ResearcherFounded unSurvey Salomon SerfatiSoftware Engineer InternFounded Chariot Pauline RotetaVice President, Latin America & Iberia BusinessFounded Pasito Hassan LantryFundamental EquitiesFounded Evoly Darshita ChaturvediQuantitative Research AssociateFounded Adri AI Ivan ValkovVice President - Senior Software EngineerFounded Slicker Elle SmythAnalystFounded RetailReady Sebastian JanischQuant Developer - Equity Investment AnalyticsFounded Bayesline Misha van BeekManaging DirectorFounded Bayesline Connor JonesProduct Manager - Aladdin BusinessFounded BitBoard Mohammad EshanRed Team LeadFounded GhostEye Alec OleskyInternFounded RowFlow Oscar LevyQuantitative ResearcherFounded River Markets Ali TabbaSummer AnalystFounded Gravy Hrishit TambiFinancial Modelling InternFounded Aule Space Kunal BarmanFinancial Markets AdvisoryFounded Faction Arjun PrakashFixed Income QuantFounded Distyl Rishabh GoelRisk AnalystFounded Credgenics Tushar VashishtSummer analystFounded HealthifyMe Tazo LezhavaIntern, Scientific Active EquityFounded Quissly Inc.Ashwin AmurthurPrivate Equity Partners Summer AnalystFounded GTRACK Technologies Nick KhaliliPrivate CreditFounded Anvara Mateusz Jakub StaniszewskiProductFounded ElevenLabs Harini JanakiramanVP - Engineering (New York and APAC)Founded Buildship Anj "Fayemz" FayemiMulti-Asset Portfolio & Investment ConsultingFounded Rivet Christie HorvathVice PresidentFounded Wagmo Ryan Nowicki StewartAnalystFounded Pennant Tomas TaylorProduct ManagerFounded Pennant Catherine SpenceVice President, Defined ContributionFounded Pomello David NoheManaging DirectorFounded FinGoal Nicky SevelAccount Management ExecutiveFounded Woven Patricia FlorenciaVice President - Institutional Business MexicoFounded Pilou Tom CallahanHead of Global Cash ManagementFounded Nasdaq Private Market Courtney FukudaVice PresidentFounded Metropolis YEMI ROSEDirector, Corporate CommunicationsFounded OfColor Jeff MortonBlackRock Managing Director & Head of Investment for UK Property FundFounded Seneca Property Martin AttiqDirector, Co-Founder of Financial Markets Advisory (FMA) businessFounded BlackRock Harrison EpsteinFinance InternFounded Revaire Justin WebbDirector & Head of Retail Client Business - BlackRock AustraliaFounded AgriWebb Ben RoundsQuantitative AnalystFounded Helloabra Mira MehtaAnalyst, US Retail Marketing and StrategyFounded Tomato Jos Nitish VarmaSpecialist (Digital)Founded Wealth42 Sumeet SinghInvestment AnalystFounded Worldbuild Gordon SmithManaging DirectorFounded Biproxi Romish BadaniInternFounded Boundless Diana MongareInvestment ProfessionalFounded Dumu Holdings Joshua LitwackDirectorFounded Quantizr Michael GruenerManaging Director, Head of EMEA Retail Business, Head of EMEA iShares Sales and other positionsFounded Titanbay Kristin PeckBoard MemberFounded Zoetis Adam FriedmanSenior Data Scientist, Vice PresidentFounded Accretusgroup

Frequently asked questions

What is the BlackRock mafia?: The BlackRock mafia is the network of 73 people who came through BlackRock and went on to found or lead other companies, including Meridio, FutureAdvisor, Runtime, Third Chair, Lume.
Who is in the BlackRock mafia?: Notable members include Mo Shaikh (Meridio), Bo Lu (FutureAdvisor), Gus Trigos (Runtime), Shourya Lala (Third Chair), Robert Ross (Lume), Anand Kannappan (Kyber Technologies), Vivian Wang (Landed), Coenraad Vrolijk (CarbonPool), among 73 tracked members.
What companies did BlackRock alumni found?: Companies founded by BlackRock alumni include Meridio, FutureAdvisor, Runtime, Third Chair, Lume, Kyber Technologies, Landed, CarbonPool, GSR, Peernova.