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Podcast: Wharton FinTech Podcast
Episode: BlackRock's Salim Ramji, Global Head of iShares & Index Investments – Serving 100 Million Investors
Description: Miguel Armaza sits down with Salim Ramji, BlackRock Senior Managing Director and Global Head of iShares and Index Investments and a member of the firm’s Global Executive Committee.
Founded in 1988, BlackRock is a global investment management firm and the world's largest asset manager, with almost $9 trillion dollars in AUM – and iShares is one of the largest ETF providers with almost $3 trillion dollars in AUM.
In this episode, we discuss:
- Salim’s exciting career. From microfinance in the mountains of Pakistan to the top of Wall Street in New York City.
- Joining BlackRock and why he actually rejected Larry...