Company overview
- Sector
- Banking, Financial Services & Insurance
- Sub-sector
- Financial Services
- Mandate (derived)
- Multi-Function / Full-Stack GCC
- Parent headquarters
- New York, New York, United States
- Parent revenue (USD)
- $24,200,000,000
- Parent headcount
- 11,198
- India headcount
- Not disclosed
GCC locations
- Pune
- Mumbai
Department mix
Global department counts, used as a proxy for the India mandate. These are not India team counts.
Technology stack
- .NET
- ACL
- AI
- AMP
- ANGEL LMS
- ARGUS Developer
- AT&T
- AWS Analytics
- AWS CloudFormation
- AWS Command Line Interface
- AWS Control Tower
- AWS Cost Explorer
- AWS SDK for JavaScript
- AWS Transfer for SFTP
- AWS Trusted Advisor
Public leadership
Amitabh Iyer
Managing Director, Head of Aladdin Engineering India + Global Head of Private Data Engineering
Public leadership listed in the dataset; the role is not necessarily the India GCC head.
Research overview
BlackRock, founded in 1988 and headquartered at 50 Hudson Yards in New York City, is the world's largest asset manager, with roughly $12.5 trillion in assets under management as of June 30, 2025, operating in about 70 offices across 30 countries. Its proprietary Aladdin platform provides investment, risk-management and operations technology used by BlackRock and other major financial institutions globally.
- India launch
- Not disclosed
- Maturity
- Multi-Function / Full-Stack GCC
Public reporting describes BlackRock's India centers ('iHubs') as spanning investment research, risk management, financial engineering, business operations, data analytics and AI, alongside Aladdin engineering leadership based in India - a broad, full-stack mix of technology and business functions rather than a single-purpose support or R&D-only site.
Timeline
- 2025
BlackRock announced plans to hire about 1,200 employees in India (Mumbai and Gurugram) to expand its 'iHubs,' which handle investment research, risk management, financial engineering, business operations, data analytics and AI work; India headcount was reported at roughly 3,500 prior to this expansion.
- 2025
BlackRock Services India signed a 10-year lease for 1.43 lakh sq ft of co-working space with IndiQube at KNG Tower 1, Ashoknagar (MG Road), Bengaluru, commencing October 1, 2025.
Real estate
BlackRock leased additional Mumbai (Goregaon) office space from Oberoi Realty valued at roughly Rs 4 billion (reported Feb 2025); separately signed a 10-year, ~Rs 410 crore co-working lease for 1.43 lakh sq ft with IndiQube in Bengaluru (KNG Tower 1, Ashoknagar/MG Road), commencing October 1, 2025.
Hiring signal
- Open roles
- 322
- As of
- 2026-08-26
- Application Engineer (Software Engineering)
- AI Infrastructure Engineer
- Aladdin Client Business - Solutions Engineering
- Associate, Portfolio Analytics Group
- Vice President, Financial Reporting
News and developments
BlackRock to hire 1,200 employees in India to expand AI and support hubs
BlackRock announced plans to hire about 1,200 employees in India (Mumbai and Gurugram) to expand its 'iHubs' handling investment research, risk management, financial engineering, business operations, data analytics and AI.
2025-02-05 Business Standard ↗
BlackRock Services India leases 1.4 lakh sq ft with IndiQube in Bengaluru
BlackRock Services India signed a 10-year co-working lease for 1.43 lakh sq ft with IndiQube in Bengaluru, one of the largest co-working transactions in India.
2025-09-15 Business Standard ↗
Sources
Sources and research notes
Source: Indian GCC 2026 Master Compendium, Company Master and research records. Sector, mandate and public leadership are derived fields. Missing values are shown as not disclosed. Revenue and global headcount describe the parent company, not the India centre.