BlackRock chief; told investors to 'buy more' during the Iran war
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Larry Fink co-founded BlackRock in 1988 and runs it as chairman and CEO. His take: BlackRock paid him $37.7M for 2025, up about 23% from $30.8M in 2024, which was itself 14% above 2023. Forbes puts his net worth at $1.3B (4 Oct 2026), and GuruFocus lists 223,831 directly held BlackRock shares worth about $237M (July 2026). UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese's July 2025 report 'From economy of occupation to economy of genocide' names BlackRock the second-largest institutional investor in Palantir (8.6%), Microsoft (7.8%), Amazon and Alphabet (6.6% each), firms it ties to Israel's genocide in Gaza. Days after 7 October 2023 Fink told CNBC Israel would 'have to be spending a lot more money on military' and that nobody was divesting from Israel. In 2025 he phoned Donald Trump's White House to pitch BlackRock's Panama Canal ports deal. During the 2026 Iran war he told Fox News: 'Buy more here. This is a good long-term opportunity.' He became chairman of the World Economic Forum in August 2025.
BlackRock paid Larry Fink $37.7M for 2025, up from $30.8M for 2024. Forbes puts his net worth at $1.3B. He has chaired the World Economic Forum since August 2025.
Sources: Benzinga, Business Standard (Bloomberg), Forbes
On 13 Oct 2023 Fink told CNBC that Israel was 'going to have to be spending a lot more money on military' and that 'we are not seeing anybody looking to divest from Israel for political reasons.' During the 2026 war on Iran he told Fox News: 'Buy more here. This is a good long-term opportunity.' The Jerusalem Post describes his 'deeply personal support for Israel'.
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Fink runs the firm the UN Special Rapporteur names among the largest owners of Palantir, Microsoft, Amazon, Alphabet, Lockheed Martin and Caterpillar, and which bought $68M in Israeli treasury bonds. The UN Commission of Inquiry concluded in September 2025 that Israel committed genocide in Gaza.
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