Rob Kapito
InvestorPresident and Director at BlackRock
About
Rob Kapito is President and a Director of BlackRock, which he co-founded in 1988, and oversees the firm's key operating units including Investment Strategies, Client Businesses, Technology & Operations, and Risk & Quantitative Analysis. He previously headed BlackRock's Portfolio Management Group and, before founding the firm, was a Vice President in the Mortgage Products Group at The First Boston Corporation. He holds a BS in economics from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and an MBA from Harvard Business School.
Colleagues at BlackRock
Adebayo Ogunlesi
Chairman & Chief Executive Officer Global Infrastructure Partners at BlackRock
Alex Claringbull
Global Head of Index Investments at BlackRock
Alister Hibbert
CIO and Head of the Strategic Equity Team at BlackRock
Andrew Landman
Deputy Head of Asia Pacific, Head of Asia Pacific Wealth at BlackRock
Armando Senra
Head of Americas Institutional Business, Head of Canada and Latin America at BlackRock
Ben Archibald
Deputy General Counsel at BlackRock
Caroline Heller
Global Head of Human Resources at BlackRock
Charles Hatami
Global Head of the Financial & Strategic Investors Group, Head of Middle East, and Co-Head of the Global Partners Office at BlackRock
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Rob Kapito?
- Rob Kapito is President and a Director of BlackRock, which he co-founded in 1988, and oversees the firm's key operating units including Investment Strategies, Client Businesses, Technology & Operations, and Risk & Quantitative Analysis. He previously headed BlackRock's Portfolio Management Group and, before founding the firm, was a Vice President in the Mortgage Products Group at The First Boston Corporation. He holds a BS in economics from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and an MBA from Harvard Business School.
- Where does Rob Kapito work?
- Rob Kapito is President and Director at BlackRock.