Initial Statement of Beneficial Ownership (3)

FORM 3	UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0104 Estimated average burden hours per response... 0.5
	Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * Mehta Manish	2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (MM/DD/YYYY) 10/7/2019	3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol BlackRock Inc. [BLK]
(Last)        (First)        (Middle) BLACKROCK, 55 E. 52ND ST.	4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) _____ Director                          _____ 10% Owner ___X___ Officer (give title below)        _____ Other (specify below) Senior Managing Director /
(Street) NEW YORK, NY 10055       (City)              (State)              (Zip)	5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(MM/DD/YYYY)	6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line) _X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security (Instr. 4)	2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4)	3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Common Stock	3166 (1)	D

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivate Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (MM/DD/YYYY)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

Explanation of Responses:
(1)	Includes (i) 1,591 Restricted Stock Units vesting on 1/31/20, (ii) 1,018 Restricted Stock Units vesting on 1/31/2021 and (iii) 557 Restricted Stock Units vesting on 1/31/2022. Each Restricted Stock Unit is payable solely by delivery of an equal number of shares of Common Stock.

Reporting Owners
Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
Mehta Manish BLACKROCK 55 E. 52ND ST. NEW YORK, NY 10055			Senior Managing Director

Signatures
/s/ R. Andrew Dickson III as Attorney-in-Fact for Manish Mehta		10/15/2019
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date