BlackRock in South Africa

Actually, it's about you

Since our founding over three decades ago, we’ve been taking bold actions to help millions of people find better financial futures. We’re making investing easier and more affordable. And we’re contributing to a more inclusive, resilient economy.

All in support of our purpose to help more and more people experience financial well-being.

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Who we are

Our people. Hands down, our best investment yet. 

We're investors

Putting to work the hard-earned savings of people and institutions around the world in global markets.

We're technologists

Constantly innovating to bring convenience, transparency, and precision to investing.

We're fiduciaries

Putting the interests of our clients before our own by avoiding conflicts with investment interests.

We're campaigners

Speaking out for equity and inclusion of all underrepresented groups and working to reduce our environmental footprint.

We're investors

Putting to work the hard-earned savings of people and institutions around the world in global markets.

We're technologists

Constantly innovating to bring convenience, transparency, and precision to investing.

We're fiduciaries

Putting the interests of our clients before our own by avoiding conflicts with investment interests.

We're campaigners

Speaking out for equity and inclusion of all underrepresented groups and working to reduce our environmental footprint.

9.4
over 9.4tr in AUM1
19,000
19,000+ people of different backgrounds, races, and nationalities2
135
languages addressing the needs of a multilingual client base3
36
countries enabling us to help more and more people4
Source

All amounts in USD
1Q2 Earnings, BlackRock as of 30 June, 2023
2BlackRock as of April 13, 2023.
3BlackRock as of April 13, 2023.
4BlackRock as of April 13, 2023.

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We’re an investment manager, and we help millions of people invest to build savings that serve them throughout their lives.

Khoabane Phoofolo
Head of BlackRock Africa
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What we do

As an asset manager and fiduciary, we help our clients and the people they serve save for retirement, pay for their children’s educations, buy homes, and start new businesses. Finding new ways to contribute to a more inclusive and resilient future has been our purpose from day one, set by our founders who still work here tirelessly to achieve it.

Building better financial futures

iShares ‘exchange traded funds’ (ETFs) are making it easier and more affordable for people to find their answer to financial wellbeing, without having to know what a qualified longevity annuity contract is.

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Our commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion

We know a company that looks and thinks like the world can better serve the world, and we know we have progress to make to get to that point. By 2024, We aim to increase representation of Black professionals by 30% and grow our women senior leaders to 32.5% globally.

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Frequently Asked Questions

At BlackRock, we help our clients and the people they serve save for retirement, pay for their children’s educations, buy homes, and start businesses. As a fiduciary and asset manager, BlackRock manages investments on behalf our clients, helping millions of people around the world invest to build savings that serve them throughout their lives.

BlackRock started in 1988 with eight people in a single room, and since then has evolved into a global company trusted to manage more assets than any other investment company in the world. Throughout our history, we’ve continued to find new ways to contribute to a more equitable and resilient future for everyone. That’s been our purpose from day one, set by our founders who still work here to this day.

Our clients place their trust in BlackRock to manage their investments, in large part because we offer more choice than any other firm in our industry. Our global platform, which is powered by data analytics, advanced technology, deep market expertise and a diverse group of people, is designed to help our clients become financially empowered and better positioned to meet the financial goals that matter most to them.

BlackRock is a publicly listed company and made its Initial Public Offering (IPO) on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on October 1st, 1999, for $14 a share. Larry Fink is the Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, and founder along with seven other partners, who had a single shared mission of helping more and more people experience financial well-being.

BlackRock worldwide

BlackRock is a global company with 70 offices in 30 countries, giving us unique global reach and local relationships. Because we cover all corners of the globe, we bring the best of the world to how we invest in.

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