Washington Examiner columnist Joe Concha said BlackRock CEO Larry Fink realized “alienating” half the country with diversity, equity, and inclusion policies hurt his company.
Concha highlighted other companies that also removed DEI policies, including Coca-Cola, Target, and Walmart.
“Any company, any business, any government position should be based on one cold, hard mandate: who’s the best person for the job,” Concha said Thursday on Fox Business’s Evening Edit. “Regardless of the color, regardless of their sexual orientation. Who is best for the job?”
The nation’s largest asset manager announced in early March that it was ending its diversity goals and merging the DEI team into “Talent and Culture,” after the Trump administration rolled back the Biden administration’s DEI initiatives.
Fink told Fox News’s Bret Baier on Thursday that he is “echoing” what he is hearing from clients.
“Do I believe the pendulum five years ago was too far? Yes,” Fink told Baier.
When pressed by Baier on whether BlackRock pushed some companies further to the left, Fink said it was “never our intention.”
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Concha said more companies like BlackRock are beginning to realize a “merit-based system” will lead to a more successful business.
“Woke is dead,” Concha said. “The Donald Trump election of 2024 helped solidify that, and that’s why Larry Fink is singing a much different tune than he did eight years ago.”