Type: Public
On the web: http://www.blackrock.com
Employees: 9,127
Employee growth: 5.8%

Now this is the kind of coal you want in your stocking. BlackRock, with more than $3.5 trillion under management, is the world's largest money manager. The firm specializes in equity and fixed-income products, as well as alternative and multi-class instruments, which it invests in on behalf of institutional and retail investors worldwide; it does not engage in proprietary trading. Clients include pension plans, governments, insurance companies, mutual funds, endowments, foundations, and charities. BlackRock also provides risk management services through BlackRock Solutions and is a leading provider of exchange-traded funds (ETFs) through iShares. BlackRock has offices in some 25 countries.

Key numbers for fiscal year ending December, 2010:
Sales: $8,612.0M
One year growth: 83.2%
Net income: $2,063.0M
Income growth: 135.8%

Officers:
Chairman and CEO: Laurence D. (Larry) Fink
President and Director: Robert S. (Rob) Kapito
Senior Managing Director and COO: Charles S. Hallac

Competitors:
Legg Mason
State Street
UBS

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