BlackRock, Inc. is an investment management company that serves individual and institutional investors including corporate, public, union, and industry pension plans, insurance companies, third-party mutual funds, endowments, public institutions, governments, foundations, charities, sovereign wealth funds, corporations,and banks. It also provides global risk management and advisory services. BlackRock operates in the U.S. and internationally. BlackRock, Inc. was founded in 1988 and is based in New York, NY.