Susan Lynne Wagner (born 1961)^[2] is an American financial executive. Wagner is one of the co-founders ofBlackRock, an Americanmultinationalinvestment management corporation, where she was vice chairman and chief operating officer. BlackRock is the largest asset management firm in the world with over $12 trillion inassets under management as of 2025.^[3]

In 2011, she was named to two lists of powerful women: "Most Powerful Women in New York 2011" and "50 Most Powerful Women in Business (2011)".^[4][5]

Wagner was born in 1961 inChicago to aJewish family.^[6] She graduated in 1982 with honors fromWellesley College with a BA in English and Economics, and then earned an MBA in finance from theUniversity of Chicago in 1984.^[7]

After earning her MBA, Wagner worked as vice president of the mortgage finance group forLehman Brothers.^[8] In 1988, Wagner and Ralph Schlosstein left Lehman to join Blackstone Financial Group. Later, Blackstone Financial Group changed their name toBlackRock.

As one of the co-founders of BlackRock in 1988, Wagner was vice chairman and chief operating officer.^[9] She orchestrated BlackRock's mergers and acquisitions, which included Quellos,Merrill Lynch Investment Management, andBarclays Global Investors. Prior to retiring from BlackRock in 2012,^[10] Wagner expanded the company into Asia, the Middle East and Brazil.^[11] Since retiring from BlackRock, she is on their board of directors, and a member of the board of trustees of theHackley School.^[12]

In May 2014, Wagner was asked by Wellesley's class of 2014 to deliver the commencement address.^[13]

In July 2014, Wagner was named to the board ofApple Inc., replacing long-time board memberWilliam Campbell.^[14] Wagner was the second woman on the Apple eight-member board and the only director with a background in finance.^[15] In 2014, she also was elected to the board of directors ofSwiss Re.^[2]

In 2023, Wagner received theWomen's Entrepreneurship Day Finance Pioneer Award^[16] at theUnited Nations in recognition as a trailblazer and innovators in their field and who inspire all around them to use their lives to make a meaningful impact on the world.

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