Margaret L. Johnson — Board Member Accountability Profile
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Margaret L. Johnson — Board Member Accountability Profile

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Category: Private Citizen — Corporate Director Role: Independent Director, BlackRock Inc. (BLK) Board Tenure: 2018 – present Committee Memberships: Audit Committee; Risk Committee Profile Type: Board Member Accountability — Anchor B (Documented Organizational Leadership)

> Basis for Inclusion: Margaret L. Johnson holds a documented governance role as an independent director on the Audit and Risk Committees at BlackRock Inc., which made documented political donations to Trump-aligned entities. This profile documents the factual governance relationship, not the subject’s personal political views.

> Subject Classification: Private Citizen / Corporate Director. Board membership is a matter of public record (SEC filings, proxy statements). This profile documents only the governance role and its connection to documented corporate political activity.

Biographical Overview

Margaret “Peggy” L. Johnson is the CEO of Agility Robotics, a company developing humanoid robots for logistics and industrial applications, a position she has held since 2023. Before Agility Robotics, she served as CEO of Magic Leap, an augmented reality company, from 2020 to 2023, following 28 years at Qualcomm and eight years as Executive Vice President of Business Development at Microsoft (2014–2020). At Microsoft, she led technology strategy partnerships with the global technology ecosystem.

Johnson’s extensive background in mobile wireless technology (Qualcomm), enterprise software and cloud strategy (Microsoft), and now advanced robotics (Agility) gives her broad technology expertise relevant to BlackRock’s technology risk oversight and investment strategy in technology and AI companies.

Board Role and Governance Authority

  • Company: BlackRock Inc. (NYSE: BLK)
  • Board tenure: 2018 – present
  • Committee assignments: Audit Committee; Risk Committee
  • Day job: CEO, Agility Robotics

Parent Corporate Donor Profile

This profile is a governance-accountability companion to the BlackRock corporate donor profile.

Sources

  • BlackRock Inc. DEF 14A Proxy Statement, filed April 4, 2025; SEC EDGAR (CIK 2012383)
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