two companies control the world and yet you don't know who they are when we think of the most powerful companies in the world we often think of apple google or amazon however these companies are tiny ants compared to the two mammoths that are blackrock and vanguard blackrock and vanguard are the two most powerful investment funds in the world with over fifteen trillion in assets under management or roughly five times the gdp of france so how did these two companies control the world vanguard and blackrock own shares in all the world's most powerful companies they are the largest shareholders in google apple facebook amazon and microsoft they are veritable financial monsters the two of them own absolutely everything in pharmaceuticals transport banking in the media how is it possible it is very simple every time you do something you make blackrock and vanguard richer look at t f one you make vanguard richer you go on instagram you make black rock richer you buy an iphone you make vanguard richer every time you use something you are helping them become richer unconsciously and the terrifying thing is that when you make vanguard richer you also make black rock richer because the two companies are each other's largest shareholder