Page updated April 25, 2012.

Laurence D. Fink

Nickname: Larry

Business executive

Muckety metrics:

Connections: Laurence D. Fink has direct or once-removed relationships with 894 people, organizations or other entities in our database of the most influential people in America. Under a scoring system that gives more weight to direct links, this score is higher than 98% of all entries.

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Muckety connection score: 98

Influence: Fink has a Muckety influence index of 98 out of 100. This is a measure of power and reach compared with others in the U.S. leadership elite.

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Muckety influence score: 98

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Laurence D. Fink

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Gender: Male

Age in 2012: 59

Address: Lives and/or works in New York, NY

Wealth class: Multimillionaire

Areas of interest:

nonprofits

education

business

finance

health care

real estate

Personal social network: Much of Fink's Muckety comes from personal connections. His power base is his role as chairman & CEO of BlackRock, Inc..

Laurence D. Fink personal relations:

William C. Dudley - informal adviser

Rahm I. Emanuel - informal adviser

Joshua A. Fink - father

Lori Fink - spouse

Timothy F. Geithner - informal adviser

John J. Mack - friend

Other current Laurence D. Fink relationships:

BlackRock, Inc. - chairman & CEO

Museum of Modern Art - trustee

New York University - trustee

NYU Langone Medical Center - trustee

Laurence D. Fink past relationships:

Anthracite Capital Inc. - chairman

Financial Services Roundtable - director

First Boston Corporation - managing director

Stanford L. Kurland - childhood friend

NYU Langone Medical Center - co-chair

Partnership for New York City - director

Lawrence H. Summers - informal adviser

Kendrick R. Wilson III - informal adviser

Five degrees of Kevin:

We can connect Laurence D. Fink with Kevin Bacon in four steps:
Laurence D. Fink → New York University →
Ariel Fund Ltd. → Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities →

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Extended reach:

Among the most influential people in Laurence D. Fink's web of second-degree relationships:

James E. Rohr

Deryck C. Maughan

Sallie L. Krawcheck

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Laurence D. Fink campaign contributions:

Listed below are federal donations of $3,000+ reported to the FEC.

Blackrock Capital Management Inc. PAC - $5,000 on 4/29/2010

Obama Victory Fund - $30,800 on 7/22/2008

Laurence D. Fink gave the maximum donation to the following political campaigns:

Obama for America in 2008

Major contributions to state-level political organizations & campaigns:

2011 Rahm Emanuel mayoral campaign - $25,000 on 10/14/2010

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