Michael Bloomberg

Michael Rubens "Mike" Bloomberg (born February 14, 1942) is a prominent Jewish-American businessman, the founder of Bloomberg L.P., and the 108th and current Mayor of New York City.

Early life and business

Bloomberg was born and raised in Medford, Massachusetts, a Boston suburb. He attended Johns Hopkins University, where he joined Phi Kappa Psi, and graduated in 1964 with a BS in electrical engineering. Later he received his MBA degree from Harvard Business School.

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Medford, Massachusetts - Boston - Johns Hopkins University - Phi Kappa Psi - 1964 - BS - Electrical engineering - MBA - Harvard Business School

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Bloomberg was a general partner at Salomon Brothers, where he headed equity trading, sales and, later, systems development. He made his fortune with his own company, Bloomberg L.P., selling financial information terminals to Wall Street firms; the company also began a radio network (the flagship station is 1130 WBBR-AM in New York City).

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Salomon Brothers - Bloomberg L.P. - Wall Street - WBBR

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Bloomberg is among the world's richest people, with a net worth approaching $5,000,000,000 USD, which, in addition to furthering his political career, has allowed him to engage in substantial philanthropy, including donating $100,000,000 USD to Johns Hopkins University, where he served as the chairman of the board from 1996 to 2002.

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World's richest people - Philanthropy - Johns Hopkins University - 1996 - 2002

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His daughters by former wife, British-born Susan Brown, are Georgina Bloomberg, who is featured on Born Rich, a documentary about the children of the extremely wealthy and Emma Bloomberg. His elder sister, Marjorie Tiven, is Commissioner of the New York City Commission for the United Nations, Consular Corps and Protocol. His mother, Charlotte Bloomberg, is still alive and reported to be in good health at the age of 96.

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Georgina Bloomberg - Born Rich - Documentary - Emma Bloomberg

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He has written an autobiography, Bloomberg by Bloomberg (1997, ISBN 0471155454).

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