Sitting next to Mr. Perella on a recent afternoon was Laurence D. Fink , the chief executive of BlackRock , the asset management company , who was on the short list of candidates to succeed Philip J. Purcell for the top job at Morgan Stanley .
Laurence D. Fink /business/person/company BlackRock
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