Notable Facts
→CEO of Vanguard ($9 trillion in assets) since July 2024 - first external hire in company's 50-year history
→Former Global Head of iShares & Index Investing at BlackRock (2019-2024), managing majority of firm's client assets
→Senior Partner at McKinsey & Company leading Asset & Wealth Management Practice (16 years)
→Started career as corporate lawyer at Clifford Chance in London and Hong Kong
→Son of Tanzanian immigrants, grew up in British Columbia working in father's grocery store
→First Canadian to win World Student Championship in debate (1988)
→Holds BA in Economics/Politics from University of Toronto, MA in Law from Cambridge
→Led BlackRock's entry into Bitcoin ETFs, now steering Vanguard toward crypto exposure
→Making significant executive hires from Goldman Sachs, BlackRock, and Fidelity