Founder Profile
Ben Golub
Last reviewed: October 2026 · By Swet Parvadiya
Who is Ben Golub?
Ben Golub is a founder of BlackRock, Inc., which was founded in 1988 with Larry Fink, Robert S. Kapito, Susan Wagner, Barbara Novick, Hugh Frater, Ralph Schlosstein and Keith Anderson.
- Company founded
- BlackRock, Inc.
- Founded
- 1988
- Co-founders
- Larry Fink, Robert S. Kapito, Susan Wagner, Barbara Novick, Hugh Frater, Ralph Schlosstein and Keith Anderson
Background
Bennett W. Golub co-founded BlackRock in 1988 and served for many years as its Chief Risk Officer. He earned his undergraduate and doctoral degrees at MIT and worked at First Boston before joining Fink.
Founding Story
Golub led much of the quantitative work behind BlackRock's risk-first approach, building analytics for mortgage prepayment, interest-rate and credit risk that became central to Aladdin. He helped lead BlackRock Solutions, the unit launched in 2000 to sell those analytics and advisory services to other institutions, and as Chief Risk Officer he oversaw risk across BlackRock's investment platform as it grew through the MLIM and BGI deals. (Exact birth year remains publicly undisclosed).
Sources
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- BlackRock 2025 Annual Report PDF (BlackRock, Inc.)
- BlackRock 2025 Form 10-K (BlackRock, Inc.)