Office profile
BlackRock Headquarters & offices · New York, New York
BlackRock · New York, New York
A glass-walled “Central Park” staircase at the heart of 15 floors in Hudson Yards, which put about 4,000 New York employees under one roof for the first time.
The 50 Hudson Yards headquarters, flexible time off and 16 weeks of parental leave, and 38 years of moves from a single room to the West Side — then the pay. Every number from BlackRock's own filings, careers pages and the designers' project pages.
- 15 floorsat 50 Hudson Yards, moved in from Dec 2022
- 16 weekspaid parental leave, primary caregiver (U.S.)
- 1 room → 24,9008 founders in 1988 → employees in 2025
- $153,770median employee pay, 2025
Sources: Form 10-K 2025 and 2022 · Proxy statement 2026 · blackrock.com (About, U.S. parental leave) · MillerKnoll project profile
Companies / United States / Asset management / BlackRock
THE HEADQUARTERS · 50 HUDSON YARDS · 2022–23
A “Central Park” and two “Public Plazas” on every floor
NBBJ designed BlackRock's floors around a “Central Park”: collaborative spaces gathered around a glass-enclosed staircase that runs through the middle of the floor. Each office floor also has two “Public Plazas” with food and informal seating. Colours alternate by floor — green for focus, blue for alertness, orange for activation — and a 405-seat auditorium with curved seating looks out toward a nearby park. Raised floors with underfloor air and power let BlackRock move whole departments over a weekend.
- ≈ 970,000 sq ft (≈ 90,116 m²) fit-out
- 15 floors
- 405-seat auditorium
- LEED Platinum · Fitwell
- Design: NBBJ
- Raised floors, underfloor air
Office floors (NBBJ)
NBBJ designed BlackRock's floors around a “Central Park” of collaborative spaces, and each office floor also has two “Public Plazas” with food and informal seating.
The auditorium
A 405-seat auditorium with curved seating looks out toward a nearby park.
50 Hudson Yards
BlackRock leased about 847,000 sq ft at 50 Hudson Yards and began moving in in December 2022.
Facts: NBBJ project page “BlackRock Headquarters” · Syska Hennessy project page · MillerKnoll project profile (Mar 2024)
50 Hudson Yards
| Building | Address |
|---|---|
| Headquarters (leased) | 50 Hudson Yards, New York, NY 10001 |
Source: Form 10-K 2025, cover page and Item 2 · See them on the map ↓
Source: Form 10-K 2019 and 2022 (lease, occupancy) · NBBJ project page (area, certification) · Syska Hennessy project page · Fisher Dachs project page · MillerKnoll project profile. NBBJ gives 970,000 sq ft, Syska 967,000 sq ft and the 10-K lease 847,000 sq ft.
Benefits (United States)
Paid, gender-neutral, for the primary caregiver; up to 4 weeks for the non-primary caregiver.
A flexible transition after parental leave for primary caregivers.
Flexible Time Off (FTO) instead of a fixed number of days, since 2018.
Gifts to qualified charities matched up to $10,000 a year; volunteer time matched too.
Full-time employees may take up to two paid volunteer days.
Fertility benefits, adoption and surrogacy assistance, and back-up child and elder care.
Free, confidential counseling through the Employee Assistance Program, plus free access to the Calm app.
Employee Stock Purchase Plan, retirement savings plan and tuition assistance.
Source: blackrock.com, “U.S. parental leave & flexible work options” · careers.blackrock.com/benefits · Form 10-K 2025, Human Capital. The ESPP discount is not published on these pages.
Why people stay: what BlackRock itself says
No fixed number of paid days: employees take the time they need, with manager approval.
The yearly Employee Opinion Survey has more than 90% participation; it led to the switch to flexible time off.
Succession planning is built on “a commitment to building leadership from within”; the board reviews it every year.
BlackRock Academies offer online courses; people managers get coaching and the Managing at BlackRock program.
A recruiting program for people coming back after a career break of 18 months or more, plus one for veterans.
Volunteers in offices worldwide, trained in empathetic listening, point colleagues to support.
Source: Form 10-K 2025, Human Capital · blackrock.com, “U.S. parental leave & flexible work options”
Who works here
employees (Dec 31, 2025)
countries with BlackRock employees
New York employees in the Hudson Yards HQ
co-founders in 1988
Source: Form 10-K 2025 · blackrock.com, About BlackRock · MillerKnoll project profile (New York headcount)
Pay at BlackRock
Includes base salary, annual incentive and long-term equity grants. The CEO earned 245 times this amount.
Source: Proxy statement 2026, CEO Pay Ratio
Source: BlackRock job postings on careers.blackrock.com (2026): BlackRock Investment Institute Portfolio Research Associate (job 97755546112), Vice President, Strategic Technology Vendor Partner Manager (R266228), Director, Digital Assets (R258072). Base salary only; employees are also eligible for a discretionary annual bonus.
BlackRock doesn't publish pay by age. Pay by title, above, is the closest official number.
Office history: from one room to 15 floors at Hudson Yards
- 1988 Eight people in a single room
BlackRock was founded in New York in 1988 by eight co-founders to manage fixed-income assets. The firm says it began “with eight people in a single room”.
Source: blackrock.com, About BlackRock and History
No free-to-use photo found yet.Have one? We’d love to add it. - 1999 345 Park Avenue — about 65,000 sq ft
When it went public in 1999, BlackRock's principal executive offices were at 345 Park Avenue, where it occupied about 65,000 sq ft (≈ 6,039 m²), with more space in Philadelphia and Wilmington.
Source: Form S-1, 1999 (Facilities) · Form 10-K 2000
345 Park Avenue · Ajay Suresh / CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons - 2001 Its own building in Wilmington
In the first quarter of 2001 BlackRock completed an 84,000 sq ft office building it owns in Wilmington, Delaware, for operations previously in leased space there and in Philadelphia.
Source: Form 10-K405 2001, Item 2
No free-to-use photo found yet.Have one? We’d love to add it. - 2002 40 East 52nd Street
By its 2001 annual report the principal office was 40 East 52nd Street, with more leased space at 345 Park Avenue. BlackRock had 804 full-time employees.
Source: Form 10-K405 2001, Items 1 and 2
No free-to-use photo found yet.Have one? We’d love to add it. - 2010 55 East 52nd Street
The 2009 annual report names 55 East 52nd Street as the principal office, with 40 East 52nd Street kept as additional space; later reports add 49 East 52nd Street.
Source: Form 10-K 2009, 2017, Item 2
Park Avenue Plaza (55 East 52nd Street) · Epicgenius / CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons - 2017 A 20-year lease at 50 Hudson Yards
In May 2017 BlackRock agreed to lease about 847,000 sq ft (≈ 78,689 m²) at 50 Hudson Yards, with 20 years of rent expected to start in May 2023. Its New York staff were then spread across three buildings and 31 floors.
Source: Form 10-K 2019, lease note · MillerKnoll project profile
50 Hudson Yards, 2021 · Percival Kestreltail / CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons - 2022 Moving in at Hudson Yards
Occupancy of the new principal office at 50 Hudson Yards began in December 2022, bringing about 4,000 New York employees together under one roof for the first time.
Source: Form 10-K 2022, Item 2 · MillerKnoll project profile
50 Hudson Yards · Dazzling4 / CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
| Annual report | HQ space (sq ft) | m² | As described |
|---|---|---|---|
| S-1 1999 | 65,000 | 6,039 | 345 Park Avenue, principal executive offices (leased) |
| 10-K 2019 | 847,000 | 78,689 | 50 Hudson Yards lease signed May 2017 |
Map: how the headquarters moved
For more than 20 years BlackRock stayed within two blocks of Park Avenue and East 52nd Street, then crossed Manhattan to the West Side — about 2.5 km away — to Hudson Yards.
- 1 · 1999345 Park Avenue — Principal executive offices at the IPO, about 65,000 sq ft
- 2 · 200240 East 52nd Street — Principal office
- 3 · 201055 East 52nd Street — Principal office until 2022
- 4 · 202250 Hudson Yards — Headquarters today, 15 floors
Addresses: Form S-1 1999 and Form 10-K (2001, 2009, 2022, 2025) · Locations: eciffo from the street addresses
What BlackRock does
BlackRock manages money for pension funds, governments and individual savers — $14.0 trillion of assets at the end of 2025, including its iShares ETFs — and sells its Aladdin investment and risk technology to other firms.
Most revenue comes from base fees on client assets, plus technology services, performance fees and distribution fees.
Where the money came from · revenue by type, 2025
Source: Form 10-K 2025, MD&A — Revenue detail
Source: Form 10-K 2025 (financial highlights) · per-employee figure calculated by eciffo
Growth: revenue vs. people
$12.3B → $24.2B
13,000 → 24,900
Calendar years. Revenue: total revenue in the five-year tables of Form 10-K 2020 and 2025. Employees: Form 10-K of each year (approximate). Multiples calculated by eciffo.
Chief executives
Co-founder. Chief Executive Officer since BlackRock was founded in 1988, and Chairman — the only CEO in its history.
Eight co-founders in 1988, among them Larry Fink and Rob Kapito (President since 2007).
Source: Proxy statement 2026 · blackrock.com leadership page
Hear it from the CEO
BlackRock: questions people ask
Where is BlackRock's headquarters?
At 50 Hudson Yards, New York, NY 10001, on Manhattan's West Side. BlackRock leases the space and began moving in in December 2022.
Source: Form 10-K 2025 and 2022
Who designed BlackRock's headquarters?
NBBJ designed the interiors of BlackRock's floors at 50 Hudson Yards, with Syska Hennessy as MEP engineer, Fisher Dachs Associates on the auditorium and The Switzer Group with MillerKnoll on furniture.
Source: NBBJ · Syska Hennessy · Fisher Dachs · MillerKnoll project pages
How big is BlackRock's headquarters?
BlackRock signed a lease for about 847,000 sq ft at 50 Hudson Yards in 2017. NBBJ's fit-out covers 970,000 sq ft over 15 floors, with about 4,000 workstations and 315 private offices.
Source: Form 10-K 2019 · NBBJ · MillerKnoll
What is inside BlackRock's Hudson Yards office?
A “Central Park” of meeting and work spaces around a glass-enclosed staircase, two “Public Plazas” with food on each office floor, a 405-seat auditorium, a cafeteria, a learning center, trading floors and a medical center.
Source: NBBJ project page
How many people work at BlackRock?
About 24,900 employees in more than 30 countries at the end of 2025: 40% in the Americas, 31% in EMEA and 29% in Asia-Pacific.
Source: Form 10-K 2025
What benefits does BlackRock offer?
In the U.S.: up to 16 weeks of paid parental leave for the primary caregiver, Flexible Time Off, donation matching up to $10,000 a year, two paid volunteer days, fertility, adoption and surrogacy help, back-up care and free counseling.
Source: blackrock.com · careers.blackrock.com/benefits · Form 10-K 2025
Does BlackRock allow remote or hybrid work?
BlackRock's job postings say employees are currently required to work at least 4 days a week in the office, with 1 day a week from home; some groups require more office time.
Source: BlackRock job postings, careers.blackrock.com (2026)
How much do BlackRock employees make?
The median employee earned $153,770 in total compensation in 2025. 2026 New York postings list base salaries of $116,000–$155,000 for an Associate, $155,000–$210,000 for a Vice President and $194,000–$270,000 for a Director.
Source: Proxy statement 2026 · BlackRock job postings
Where was BlackRock's previous headquarters?
55 East 52nd Street in Midtown Manhattan, its principal office from about 2010 until the move to Hudson Yards. Before that it was 40 East 52nd Street and, at the 1999 IPO, 345 Park Avenue.
Source: Form 10-K (2001, 2009, 2021) · Form S-1 1999
Who is BlackRock's CEO?
Larry Fink, who co-founded BlackRock in 1988 and has been Chairman and CEO since then.
Source: Proxy statement 2026
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