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On Why BlackRock Wants To Be Blackstone Again With a Twist of Crypto

Pension Pulse

He joined BlackRock in 2011 from Nomura Holdings Inc. Marrying the proprietary origination and business improvement capabilities of GIP and BlackRock’s global corporate and sovereign relationships provides a platform for diversified, large-scale sourcing to support deal flow and co-investment opportunities for clients.

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Transcript: Ken Kencel

The Big Picture

And so five years into that growth of our business, we sold the firm to Carlyle in 2011. KENCEL: I launched in ’06 and we sold to Carlyle in 2011. So we did the deal in 2011, and I kind of gave up my baby, if you will. So, today, we manage over 270 private equity fund commitments and co-invest alongside those investors.