Former Treasury chief nixed BlackRock offer

Sorry, Larry Fink.

Former T🧸reasury Secretary Tim Geithner pass🃏ed up a chance to work at mega-fund manager BlackRock, according to sources.

Geithner, who has landed a plum privat🐷e-equity gig with Warburg Pincus, opted against joining CEO Fink’s BlackRock — with $4 trillion in assets under management — because he wanted to have a more involved role with any company he ended up joining.

“I don’t think [Geithn🐻er] wanted to be someone’s arm candy,” said one sourceᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚ familiar with the situation.

Sources said Geithner appreciated the fact that Warburg’s top offi꧅cials consisted of “talented guys with no big𝓰 egos.”

Geithner is set to join Warburg in March, where he will be president and ma🦂naging dir🅰ector.

One industry pl൲ayer says the former Obama appointee, who helped engineer the market’s response to the 2008 financial crisis, thinks he has room to grow at Warburg💧.

“Warburg Pincus has an excellent record of p💟erformance, a very compelling global strategy and an ethical reputatio🌳n of the highest regard,” Geithner has commented publicly.