{"entity":"blackrock","id":"ent_blackrock","name":"BlackRock","predicate":"founder","label":"founder","page":"https://asof.is/record/blackrock/founder","as_of":"2026-10-31","summary":"As of October 31, 2026, BlackRock's founder on the AsOf record is Susan Wagner, dated January 1, 1988, from 2 secondary sources (barrons.com and blog.thealtinvestor.in). The record holds 1 claim on BlackRock's founder, 1 still open and 0 superseded, each dated and sourced; a replaced value is closed with an end date, never deleted.","current":["clm_97F043E34C45"],"claims":[{"id":"clm_97F043E34C45","value":"Susan Wagner","valid_from":"1988-01-01","valid_to":null,"published":null,"recorded":"2026-10-29","confidence":0.8,"status":"valid","assertable":true,"superseded_by":null,"sources":[{"url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q219635","tier":"secondary","publisher":"Wikidata","published_at":null},{"url":"https://www.barrons.com/articles/blackrock-co-founder-susan-wagner-sells-stock-51599846033","tier":"secondary","publisher":null,"published_at":null},{"url":"https://blog.thealtinvestor.in/the-untold-story-of-worlds-largest-asset-manager-blackrock","tier":"secondary","publisher":"blog.thealtinvestor.in","published_at":null}],"evidence":{"by":"page-read","on":"2026-10-31","quote":"BlackRock, which was founded in 1988 by its eight co-founders Larry Fink, Robert S. Kapito, Susan Wagner, Barbara Novick, Ben Golub, Hugh Frater, Ralph Schlosstein, and Keith Anderson.","url":"https://blog.thealtinvestor.in/the-untold-story-of-worlds-largest-asset-manager-blackrock"}}],"replaced":[],"faq":[{"question":"What is BlackRock's current founder?","answer":"Susan Wagner, dated January 1, 1988, from 2 secondary sources (barrons.com and blog.thealtinvestor.in). The record asserts this claim as of October 31, 2026 (status valid, confidence 0.80)."}],"legend":{"dates":"valid_from: when the claim took effect (a period figure: the day its period closed). published: the earliest day a source on the record published it (a filing's filing date, a post's date; null when no source carries one). recorded: the day AsOf first held it. A figure can take effect weeks before it is published.","why_not":{},"checked_by":{"page-read":"its source page states the value and the date"}}}