Laurence D. Fink, head of BlackRock

Post-Merrill acquisition worth: $230MM

Personality: “an inveterate lunch and dinnertime schmoozer”

Dines at: “He maintains his own private table at San Pietro, a favorite eating spot for Wall Street power brokers, where he can be seen breaking bread or trading back slaps with, to name just a few, Mr. Mack; Joseph R. Perella, the former Morgan Stanley mergers and acquisitions banker; Martin Lipton, the takeover lawyer; and Mr. Grasso.”

Best investment: “I have always invested best by investing in myself.”

On money: “What I learned is that you have to understand your risk in good times and bad times … and that the pain of losing money is far greater than the glory of making money.”

Quotes are from the NYT.