What is the BlackRock mafia?

The BlackRock mafia is the network of 62 people who came through BlackRock and went on to found or lead other companies, including FutureAdvisor, Runtime, Third Chair, Pasito, Kyber Technologies.

Who is in the BlackRock mafia?

Notable members include Bo Lu (FutureAdvisor), Gus Trigos (Runtime), Shourya Lala (Third Chair), Pauline Roteta (Pasito), Anand Kannappan (Kyber Technologies), Vivian Wang (Landed), Xin Song (Gsr), Howard Mergelkamp (Peernova), among 62 tracked members.

What companies did BlackRock alumni found?

Companies founded by BlackRock alumni include FutureAdvisor, Runtime, Third Chair, Pasito, Kyber Technologies, Landed, Gsr, Peernova, Crux, Elevation Labs.

The BlackRock Mafia

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

Bo LuManaging DirectorFounded FutureAdvisor +1 Gus TrigosQuant, Quantitative Investment GroupFounded Runtime +1 Shourya LalaSoftware EngineerFounded Third Chair +1 Pauline RotetaSenior Investor & Portfolio Manager, BlackRock Infrastructure Investment GroupFounded Pasito +1 Anand KannappanQuantitative AnalystFounded Kyber Technologies +1 Vivian WangFinancial Markets Advisory AnalystFounded Landed +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 Americas, Global Product SolutionsFounded BlackRock Nelson ChuAnalyst - Fixed Income Portfolio Management's Business Strategy GroupFounded Percent Lena Belkor (Belogolova)Portfolio ManagerFounded Venuetastic Greg GurevichAnalystFounded Clickfacts Abel RiboulotData AnalystFounded unSurvey Andrej Zukov-GregoricNLP ResearcherFounded unSurvey Salomon SerfatiSoftware Engineer InternFounded Chariot Hassan LantryFundamental EquitiesFounded Evoly Robert RossQuantitative Investing Summer AnalystFounded Lume Darshita ChaturvediQuantitative Research AssociateFounded Adri AI Kevin TseAnalystFounded Hegel AI Ivan ValkovVice President - Senior Software EngineerFounded Slicker Elle SmythAnalystFounded RetailReady Sebastian JanischVice President - Quant Research/Machine Learning/Data Science - Financial Modeling GroupFounded Bayesline Misha van BeekAssociateFounded Bayesline Connor JonesAnalystFounded 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, Homepage Tushar VashishtSummer analystFounded HealthifyMe Coenraad VrolijkManaging DirectorFounded CarbonPool Tazo LezhavaQuantitative Researcher and Portfolio Manager, Systematic Active EquityFounded Quissly Inc.Ashwin AmurthurPrivate Equity Partners Summer AnalystFounded GTRACK Technologies Nick KhaliliPrivate CreditFounded Anvara Rajiv BhatManaging DirectorFounded Mertado 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 AnalystFounded Pennant Catherine SpenceVice President, Defined ContributionFounded Pomello David NoheManaging DirectorFounded FinGoal Nicky SevelAccount Management ExecutiveFounded Wovenadvice Patricia FlorenciaVice President - Institutional Business MexicoFounded Pilou YEMI ROSEDirector, Corporate CommunicationsFounded OfColor Mo ShaikhReal Estate AssociateFounded Aptos 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

Frequently asked questions

What is the BlackRock mafia?: The BlackRock mafia is the network of 62 people who came through BlackRock and went on to found or lead other companies, including FutureAdvisor, Runtime, Third Chair, Pasito, Kyber Technologies.
Who is in the BlackRock mafia?: Notable members include Bo Lu (FutureAdvisor), Gus Trigos (Runtime), Shourya Lala (Third Chair), Pauline Roteta (Pasito), Anand Kannappan (Kyber Technologies), Vivian Wang (Landed), Xin Song (Gsr), Howard Mergelkamp (Peernova), among 62 tracked members.
What companies did BlackRock alumni found?: Companies founded by BlackRock alumni include FutureAdvisor, Runtime, Third Chair, Pasito, Kyber Technologies, Landed, Gsr, Peernova, Crux, Elevation Labs.