Strive Asset Management‍‍‍‍‍‌‍‍‌‍‌‌‍‌‍‍‌‌‍‍‌‌

Anti-ESG asset management firm backed by Peter Thiel to counter BlackRock's stakeholder capitalism

Tracked Anti-ESG asset management firm backed by Peter Thiel to counter BlackRock's stakeholder capitalism · 3 documented connections

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Thiel financially backs Strive Asset Management to compete against BlackRock's ESG approach

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Pending Review Strive Asset Management filed filing with t‍‍‍‍‍‌‍‍‌‍‌‌‍‌‍‍‌‌‍‍‌‌he SEC on 2026-03-19. Accession number: N/A.

Date: 2026-03-19 Added: 12 Apr 2026

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Strive Asset Management, backed by Peter Thiel and Bill Ackman, was founded in 2022 explicitly to counter BlackRock's ESG investing approach. Strive hit $1B in assets within one year. Ramaswamy (Strive co-founder) called Fink 'the king of the woke industrial complex.'

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Thiel funds Strive to attack BlackRock's ESG investing. But BlackRock only achieved its dominant position because of the 2008 crisis, which was caused by the deregulation that Rubin championed. Thiel's attack on Fink is enabled by the same crisis-era dynamics that Rubin's protege Danzeisen brought into the Thiel network.

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Thiel financially backs Strive Asset Management to compete against BlackRock's ESG approach

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2026 UNVERIFIED Research: Strive Asset Management — Lobbying disclosures (no results) government_disclosure Processed

2026 UNVERIFIED Research: Strive Asset Management — Corporate registrations (no results) government_disclosure Processed

2026 UNVERIFIED Research: Strive Asset Management — USASpending contracts (no results) contract Processed

2026-03-19 ↗ SEC EDGAR: filing — Strive Asset Management (2026-03-19) web_search Processed