Rick Rieder
Rick Rieder is Senior Managing Director and Chief Investment Officer of Global Fixed Income at BlackRock, responsible for approximately $2.7 trillion in assets. Rieder is one of the nation's leading minds in finance and economics. He has over 30 years of experience in global investment management and has been a recognized expert on the global markets, investor sentiment, and economic policy. Prior to joining BlackRock in 2009, he was Vice Chairman and member of the Borrowing Committee for the United States Department of the Treasury, and member of the Federal Reserve’s Investment Advisory Committee on Financial Markets. In addition to his responsibilities at BlackRock, Rieder also holds leadership roles on investment advisory boards and numerous philanthropic engagements. He is also an in-demand commentator for financial media networks, shows, podcasts, and publications.
Rick Rieder Professional Experience / Academic History
Professional Experience
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Chief Investment Officer of Global Fixed Income and Senior Managing Director
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Head of Global Principal Strategies
Academic History
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M.B.A., Finance
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B.A., Finance
CURRENT AFFILIATIONS
Senior Managing Director, BlackRock
Member of Investment Advisory Committee on Financial Markets, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Investment Advisory Committee, Alphabet/Google
Board of Trustees, Emory University
Chairman of the Board, North Star Academy’s 13 Charter Schools in Newark, New Jersey
Founder and Chairman, Emory University's BBA Investment Fund and Community Financial Literacy Program
Board of Advisors, Hospital for Special Surgery
Rieder also serves as Head of the Global Allocation Investment Team in the Multi-Asset Strategies Group, a member of BlackRock’s Global Operating Committee and Chairman of the firm-wide BlackRock Investment Council.
He oversees trillions invested in everything from mortgage-backed securities and corporate bonds to the debt of municipalities and countries everywhere from Iowa to Indonesia.
RECOGNITION
2023 Outstanding Portfolio Manager, Morningstar
2015 Global Unconstrained Fixed Income Manager of the Year, Institutional Investor
2013 Fixed Income Analysts Society Fixed Income Hall of Fame
EARLY CAREER
He was Head of Global Principal Strategies at Lehman Brothers, a global proprietary investment platform of the firm.
He was also Global Head of Lehman Brothers' credit businesses, Chairman of the Corporate Bond and Loan Capital Commitment Committee, and a member of the Board of Trustees for the corporate pension fund.
Before joining Lehman Brothers, he was a Credit Analyst at SunTrust Banks in Atlanta.
MEDIA & PUBLICATIONS
Rick is an in-demand commentator for financial media networks, podcasts, and publications.
He is a frequent commentator on Bloomberg, CNBC, CNN, and Fox Business.
He has also been featured or quoted in Forbes, Yahoo! Finance, Reuters, Barron's, Business Insider, The Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, Institutional Investor, MarketWatch, and Real Vision, among others.