Category: Private Citizen — Corporate Executive Director Role: President & Director, BlackRock Inc. (BLK); Co-founder Board Tenure: 2006 – present Committee Memberships: None (President/executive capacity) Profile Type: Board Member Accountability — Anchor B (Documented Organizational Leadership)

Basis for Inclusion: Robert S. Kapito holds documented executive and governance authority as President and co-founder director of BlackRock Inc. As President, Kapito leads the day-to-day operations of investment management, client services, technology, and risk management — the core business functions of the world’s largest asset manager. BlackRock made documented political donations to Trump-aligned entities while managing trillions in government and institutional assets. This profile documents the factual governance relationship, not the subject’s personal political views.

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

Biographical Overview

Robert S. Kapito co-founded BlackRock with Larry Fink and six other partners in 1988. He has been BlackRock’s President since 2007, overseeing the company’s investment management operations across all asset classes and client segments. He was instrumental in building BlackRock’s investment risk management platform (Aladdin) and in managing the integration of major acquisitions including Merrill Lynch Investment Managers (2006), Barclays Global Investors (2009), and State Street Research Management.

Kapito is one of the most experienced fixed-income and multi-asset investment professionals in the world, having co-authored foundational work on mortgage-backed securities with Larry Fink at First Boston before BlackRock’s founding. He serves on the board of The Juilliard School and various investment industry bodies.

He holds a B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania (Wharton School) and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

Board Role and Governance Authority

• Company: BlackRock Inc. (NYSE: BLK)
• Board tenure: 2006 – present (co-founder)
• Executive role: President (since 2007)

Parent Corporate Donor Profile

This profile is a governance-accountability companion to the BlackRock — Corporate Donor Profile, which documents the corporation’s political spending, government relationships, and regulatory environment under the Trump administration.

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Sources

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