BlackRock CEO criticized for calling 65 a ‘crazy retirement age’

Published March 27, 2024 9:10pm ET



BlackRock CEO Larry Fink shared his thoughts on how to rethink the economic crisis of many people finding it harder to retire.

“No one should have to work longer than they want to. But I do think it’s a bit crazy that our anchor idea for the right retirement age, 65 years old,” Fink said in his annual shareholders letter, “originates from the time of the Ottoman Empire.”

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