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Michael Bloomberg

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  • Michael Bloomberg was on the ballot in New York City's Republican mayoral primary when voting opened on the morning of the 11th of September 2001. Later that day, officials postponed the primary because of the attacks on the city.

    The candidate who waited out that delay would go on to run New York for twelve years. He is an engineer by training and a former Wall Street trader. He owns a global information company and gives money away on a scale few people have matched. As of March 2026, he is worth $109.4 billion.

    How does a person assemble a fortune like that, starting from an ordinary household in a Boston suburb? What did he do with a city of millions once it was his to manage, and what did the city make of him? Why did his party label change more than once? And how did one of the most expensive campaigns in American history end so quickly?

  • William Henry Bloomberg, a bookkeeper for a dairy company, never earned more than $6,000 in a year. His son Michael was born on the 14th of February 1942 at St. Elizabeth's Hospital in the Brighton neighborhood of Boston. His mother was Charlotte, born Rubens.

    Both sides of the family had roots in Eastern Europe. His paternal grandfather, Rabbi Alexander "Elick" Bloomberg, was a Polish Jew. His maternal grandfather, Max Rubens, was a Lithuanian Jewish immigrant from what is now Belarus. His maternal grandmother was born in New York to Lithuanian Jewish parents.

    The household moved several times in the boy's early years. The family lived in Allston until he was two, then in Brookline for two years. Then it settled in the Boston suburb of Medford, Massachusetts, where he stayed until after college.

    At twelve he became an Eagle Scout, and in 1960 he graduated from Medford High School. In his youth he held an amateur radio license, was proficient in Morse code and built ham radios.

    At Johns Hopkins University he joined the fraternity Phi Kappa Psi and built the blue jay costume worn for the school mascot. He graduated in 1964 with a Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering. His father had died suddenly in 1963, while he was still a student. Two years after graduation, in 1966, he earned a Master of Business Administration from Harvard Business School.

    In 1996, Bloomberg gave Harvard $3 million to endow the William Henry Bloomberg Professorship in his father's honor. He explained the gift in a statement. "Throughout his life, he recognized the importance of reaching out to the non-profit sector to help better the welfare of the entire community." The Bloomberg Center at Harvard Business School also carries his father's name.

  • In 1966, Salomon Brothers, a large Wall Street investment bank, hired Bloomberg for $9,000 a year. The firm later promoted him to its equities desk, and in 1972 he became a general partner. He ran equity trading and then systems development.

    In 1981, Phibro Corporation bought Salomon Brothers, and its new management fired him. The payout for his equity was $10 million. He used it to start a data services company called Innovative Market Systems, built on a bet. He believed Wall Street would pay extra for excellent business information delivered instantly on a computer screen.

    The company sold customized terminals that delivered real-time market data, financial calculations and analytics. The first one, called the Market Master terminal, reached the market in December 1982. In 1986 the company renamed itself Bloomberg L.P. Bloomberg News, Bloomberg Radio, Bloomberg Message and Bloomberg Tradebook followed. By 2018 revenues were around $10 billion. In 2019 the company had more than 325,000 terminal subscribers and 20,000 employees.

    In March 2009, Forbes reported his wealth at $16 billion. That was a gain of $4.5 billion in one year, the biggest rise anywhere in the world from 2008 to 2009. In two years he had climbed from 142nd to 17th on the Forbes billionaire list. By 2019 he ranked ninth, with $55.5 billion. In 2021 his net worth was estimated at $106 billion, good for 12th.

    The company's early culture drew sharp criticism. In the 1980s and 1990s it was compared to a fraternity, with employees bragging in the office about their sexual exploits. Female employees sued the company four times for sexual harassment. One incident involved a victim who claimed to have been raped.

    For Bloomberg's 48th birthday in 1990, colleagues published a pamphlet titled The Portable Bloomberg: The Wit and Wisdom of Michael Bloomberg. Several sayings attributed to him have since been criticized as sexist. His staff told the New York Times that he regrets those "disrespectful" remarks. In his 1997 autobiography he also claimed to have had "a girlfriend in every city" during his Wall Street years.

    When Bloomberg left the chief executive post to run for mayor, Lex Fenwick took over. Daniel Doctoroff, who had served as his deputy mayor, followed. After his final term as mayor, Bloomberg spent eight months as a full-time philanthropist. Then, in fall 2014, he announced he would return as CEO at the end of the year. Doctoroff had led the company since February 2008. In 2019 Bloomberg resigned as CEO again, this time to run for president.

  • Rudy Giuliani could not seek another term in 2001, because New York limits mayors to two consecutive terms. Bloomberg, a lifelong Democrat, chose to run on the Republican ticket. He won the nomination over Herman Badillo, a former Democratic congressman. On the Democratic side, a runoff sent Public Advocate Mark Green forward.

    Giuliani endorsed Bloomberg, who also enjoyed a huge spending advantage. The city's campaign finance law caps contributions, but only for candidates who take public funds. Bloomberg declined them. He spent $73 million of his own money, outspending Green by five to one.

    After the attacks, his administration made a successful bid to host the 2004 Republican National Convention. The event drew thousands of protesters, many of them opposed to President George W. Bush and the war in Iraq.

    In November 2005, voters re-elected him by a margin of 20 percent, the widest ever for a Republican mayor of the city. He spent almost $78 million, more than he had four years earlier. His Democratic opponent was Fernando Ferrer, a former Bronx Borough President. Thomas Ognibene wanted to challenge Bloomberg in the Republican primary, but the campaign successfully contested his petition signatures and kept him off the ballot. Several prominent Democrats backed Bloomberg, among them Ed Koch, Hugh Carey and Marty Markowitz.

    The 2009 race required changing the rules. On the 2nd of October 2008, Bloomberg announced he would seek to extend the term limits law. "Handling this financial crisis while strengthening essential services... is a challenge I want to take on," he said.

    Ronald Lauder had spent over 4 million dollars of his own money to push the original limit through in 1993. He sided with Bloomberg and was promised a seat on an influential city board. On the 23rd of October 2008, the city council voted 29-22 to allow three consecutive four-year terms. Bloomberg signed the bill on the 3rd of November.

    Civil libertarians such as Norman Siegel and Michael Meyers protested that the process undermined democracy. Bloomberg then beat Bill Thompson, the city comptroller, by 51 percent to 46 percent. He spent $109.2 million, outspending Thompson by more than eleven to one.

    Afterward, filings showed two $600,000 contributions from Bloomberg to the Independence Party, on the 30th of October and the 2nd of November 2009. The party paid $750,000 of that to Republican operative John Haggerty Jr. In February 2010, the office of Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. began investigating.

    On the 13th of September 2013, Bloomberg announced that he would endorse no one to succeed him. "I don't want to do anything that complicates it for the next mayor," he said on his radio show. He called Bill de Blasio's campaign methods "racist," then later downplayed and partly retracted the remark. On the 1st of January 2014, de Blasio took office, and he would soon face a decision about a federal court ruling on police stops.

  • Bloomberg took office as the 109th mayor of New York City on the 1st of January 2002. His approval ratings sank as low as 24 percent. They recovered, and he joined Giuliani, John Lindsay and Fiorello La Guardia as Republicans re-elected in a mostly Democratic city.

    He said he wanted education reform to define his first term and the fight against poverty to define his second. He ran the city with a statistical, metrics-based approach and gave his commissioners broad autonomy. At City Hall he scrapped 190 years of tradition. New York Times reporter Adam Nagourney called the result a "bullpen." Dozens of aides sat together in one large room, like a trading floor. The design was meant to promote accountability and accessibility. He took a salary of $1 a year.

    The finances improved. He turned a $6 billion budget deficit into a $3 billion surplus, largely by raising property taxes. A housing plan created and preserved an estimated 160,000 affordable homes. He also led a re-zoning of large areas of the city, which made possible widespread construction after the September 11 attacks.

    His public health campaigns drew the most attention. In 2003 he implemented a smoking ban in all indoor workplaces, including bars and restaurants, and many other cities and states followed. On the 5th of December 2006, New York became the first American city to ban trans-fat from all restaurants. The rule took effect in July 2008. Other cities and countries later copied it.

    He also created bicycle lanes, required chain restaurants to post calorie counts and pedestrianized much of Times Square. His effort to ban sugary sodas larger than 16 fluid ounces failed. Critics called such measures "nanny state" policies.

    In 2011 he launched the NYC Young Men's Initiative, a $127 million effort to address disparities between young Black and Latino men and their peers. He gave $30 million of his own money to it. In 2010 he backed the then-controversial Islamic complex near Ground Zero.

    The sharpest criticism fell on stop-and-frisk. Under his administration, the police department expanded the program until documented stops rose six-fold. A federal court ruled that the city's version violated the Fourth Amendment and encouraged racial profiling. Bloomberg's administration appealed. De Blasio dropped the appeal and let the ruling stand.

    Bloomberg remained a staunch supporter of the policy during and after his term. In November 2019 he apologized for it. A separate program, run with help from the Central Intelligence Agency after September 11, surveilled Muslim communities on the basis of religion, ethnicity and language. It was discontinued in 2014.

    In a January 2014 Quinnipiac poll, 64 percent of voters called his twelve years as mayor "mainly a success."

  • In 2004, Bloomberg endorsed George W. Bush's re-election and spoke at the Republican National Convention. In 2007 he became an independent. In 2008 he made no presidential endorsement, though a 2020 statement by campaign spokesman Stu Loeser said he voted for Barack Obama. In November 2012, after Hurricane Sandy, he wrote an op-ed endorsing Obama and cited the president's climate policies.

    His politics resist a single label. One description says he has "mingled support for progressive causes with more conservative positions on law enforcement, business regulation, and school choice." He supports gun control, abortion rights and same-sex marriage. He backed the Iraq War. His own tax plan includes a 5 percent surtax on incomes above $5 million a year. He says the plan would raise $5 trillion over a decade. He opposes a wealth tax.

    On the 23rd of January 2016, news broke that he was weighing an independent presidential run if Bernie Sanders won the Democratic nomination. On the 7th of March, he announced he would not run. That July, he spoke at the Democratic National Convention and called Hillary Clinton "the right choice." He warned about Donald Trump. Trump, he said, "wants you to believe that we can solve our biggest problems by deporting Mexicans and shutting out Muslims." Trump replied with a string of tweets.

    In June 2018, Bloomberg pledged $80 million to help Democrats flip the Republican-controlled House. Howard Wolfson led the effort, aimed mainly at suburban districts. Bloomberg called House Republican leaders "absolutely feckless." By early October he had committed more than $100 million. On the 10th of October 2018, he announced he was a Democrat again.

    On the 5th of March 2019, he said he would not run for president in 2020. Unhappy with the field, he changed his mind and launched his campaign on the 24th of November 2019. He accepted no donations and paid for it himself. He later explained his reasoning. "In 2020, the great likelihood is that an independent would just split the anti-Trump vote and end up re-electing the President."

    His debate performances hurt him. In the first, Senator Elizabeth Warren challenged him to release women from non-disclosure agreements tied to harassment allegations at his company. Two days later, he said three women had made complaints about him and that he would release any of them who asked. Warren pressed the point again at the next debate a week later.

    He skipped the first four state contests. His campaign grew to 200 field offices and more than 2,400 paid staffers. Still, his national support never exceeded 15 percent. Joe Biden became the frontrunner after Pete Buttigieg and Amy Klobuchar backed him. On the 4th of March 2020, Bloomberg suspended his campaign after Super Tuesday, where he won only American Samoa. He had won 61 delegates. His self-funding of $935 million set the record for the most expensive presidential primary campaign.

    Former staffers later sued, saying as many as 2,000 people promised pay through the election were fired instead. Five years on, a Massachusetts man who had worked for the campaign won $90,000 in back pay plus interest.

    Bloomberg endorsed Biden and gave $18 million to the Democratic National Committee. Speaking on the final night of the 2020 convention, he asked a question about Trump. "Would you rehire or work for someone who ran your business into the ground?" He invested $115 million in Biden's campaign in Florida, Ohio and Texas. He also raised over $16 million to clear court fines for nearly 32,000 Black and Hispanic Florida voters with felony convictions.

    In June 2022 he was sworn in as chair of the Defense Innovation Board, having been nominated that February. In 2024 he contributed $19 million to a pro-Biden super PAC, and in October 2024 he gave $50 million to support Kamala Harris.

  • In August 2010, Bloomberg signed the Giving Pledge, in which wealthy donors promise to give away at least half of their fortunes. He has given away $24.5 billion in his lifetime, including $4.3 billion in 2025. The Chronicle of Philanthropy named him America's top giver for three consecutive years, 2023 through 2025.

    In 2009 alone he gave $254 million to almost 1,400 nonprofit groups. He joked about his plan for the rest. He said he was "a big believer in giving it all away" and that "the best financial planning ends with bouncing the check to the undertaker." From 2001 to 2010 he was also an anonymous donor to the Carnegie Corporation, with gifts of $5 million to $20 million a year. Carnegie passed those funds to hundreds of New York organizations, from the Dance Theatre of Harlem to Gilda's Club.

    His first gift to Johns Hopkins University, in 1965, was $5. He made his first $1 million commitment in 1984. By 2024 his gifts to the university topped $4.55 billion. He became the first person to give more than $1 billion to a single American institution of higher education.

    The money built a children's hospital named for his mother, Charlotte R. Bloomberg, and the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. It also funded the Institute for Cell Engineering and the Malaria Research Institute. A $1.8 billion gift in 2018 let the university adopt need-blind admission and meet the full financial need of admitted students. In 2024 a further $1 billion made medical school tuition free for students whose families earn under $300,000 a year.

    He backed other schools, too. In 2020 he gave $100 million to the four Historically Black medical schools: Meharry, Howard, Morehouse and Charles R. Drew. In 2024 he followed with $600 million for their endowments, expected to more than double the endowments of three of them. A $50 million gift in 2016 to the Museum of Science, Boston was the largest in its 186-year history. Bloomberg credits the museum with sparking his curiosity as a boy in Medford.

    His climate giving is vast. Between 2015 and 2025 he pledged over $3 billion. In September 2023 the New York Times called him "perhaps the world's single largest funder of climate activism." A $50 million gift in July 2011 let the Sierra Club's Beyond Coal campaign expand from 15 states to 45. In June 2019 he pledged $500 million to Beyond Carbon. In September 2023 he added another $500 million to "finish the job on coal." In March 2025 Time gave him its Earth Award, citing the closure of 300 coal-fired power plants across America.

    Internationally, in 2014 United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon named him the first Special Envoy for Cities and Climate Change. After President Trump announced the Paris withdrawal, Bloomberg launched America's Pledge. He said that "the American government may have pulled out of the Paris agreement, but American society remains committed to it." In September 2022 he launched Beyond Petrochemicals, an $85 million campaign to block 120 proposed projects.

    In public health, he gave close to $1 billion to the World Health Organization for anti-smoking work. That included $125 million in 2006 and $250 million in 2008. His foundation became the developing world's biggest funder of tobacco control. He co-founded Everytown for Gun Safety, once called Mayors Against Illegal Guns. During the COVID-19 pandemic, his foundation co-founded a $75 million fund for New York nonprofits and gave $6 million to World Central Kitchen.

    In October 2006, he became chairman and chief fundraiser of the National September 11 Memorial and Museum. He raised $450 million, including $50 million of his own. His first big win was $10 million from American Express. He recruited board members across the political spectrum, including David Koch and Jon Stewart. At the museum's opening he called it "a reminder to us and all future generations that freedom carries heavy responsibilities."

    In September 2023, the Perelman Performing Arts Center opened beside the site with $130 million of his support. It is the $500 million final major piece of the World Trade Center redevelopment.

  • In 1975, Bloomberg married Susan Elizabeth Barbara Brown, a British national from Yorkshire. They have two daughters, Emma and Georgina, who appeared in the 2003 documentary Born Rich. The couple divorced in 1993, and he says she remains his "best friend." Since 2000 he has lived with Diana Taylor, a former New York state banking superintendent.

    He attended Hebrew school, had a bar mitzvah and grew up in a family that kept a kosher kitchen. Today he lives a mostly secular life, going to synagogue mainly on the High Holidays and to a Passover Seder with his sister, Marjorie Tiven. He endowed his hometown synagogue, which was renamed for his parents.

    As mayor he lived in his own Upper East Side home rather than Gracie Mansion. He said he rode the subway daily from his 79th Street home to City Hall. A New York Times story in August 2007 described police-owned SUVs driving him to an express station on the Lexington Avenue line. That way he could skip a train change. In December 2013 he took a ceremonial ride to the new 34th Street station.

    By 2013 he owned 13 properties around the world, including a $20 million Georgian mansion in Southampton. In 2015 he bought 4 Cheyne Walk in Chelsea, London, once the home of the writer George Eliot.

    Bloomberg is a private pilot who owns six airplanes, among them three Dassault Falcon 900s and a Cessna 182 Skylane. He also owns two helicopters. As of 2012 he was near the top of the waiting list for an AW609 tiltrotor. As mayor he played himself in the films The Adjustment Bureau and New Year's Eve, and on 30 Rock and Curb Your Enthusiasm.

    In January 2024 he joined a group led by David Rubenstein to buy the Baltimore Orioles in a $1.725 billion deal. Cal Ripken and Grant Hill were also members of that group.

    In 2014, Queen Elizabeth II appointed him an Honorary Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire. He was the inaugural winner of the Genesis Prize in 2013 and gave the $1 million prize to a global competition for young people's ideas. President Biden awarded him the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2024.

    Not all of his writing is political. He co-wrote the 1997 autobiography Bloomberg by Bloomberg with Matthew Winkler, and a second edition appeared in 2019. In 2017 he and Carl Pope, a former Sierra Club executive director, published Climate of Hope. It reached the New York Times hardcover nonfiction best-seller list.

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Common questions

What is Bloomberg L.P.?

Bloomberg L.P. is a financial information, software and media company that Michael Bloomberg started after leaving Salomon Brothers in 1981. It is best known for the Bloomberg Terminal, which delivers real-time market data and analytics.

How long was Michael Bloomberg mayor of New York City?

He served three consecutive terms as the 109th mayor, from the 1st of January 2002 to the end of 2013. He won re-election in 2005 and 2009, after the city council voted to extend term limits.

How did his 2020 presidential campaign end?

He suspended it on the 4th of March 2020 after Super Tuesday, where he won only American Samoa. He had won 61 delegates and put $935 million of his own money into the effort.

How much has Bloomberg given to Johns Hopkins University?

By 2024 his gifts to his alma mater totaled more than $4.55 billion, beginning with a $5 gift in 1965.

Which political parties has Bloomberg belonged to?

He was a Democrat until 2001, ran for mayor as a Republican, became an independent in 2007, and registered as a Democrat again in October 2018.

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  41. 78NewsLauder Favors a Third Term for BloombergJonathan P. Hicks — September 30, 2008
  42. 81NewsAye' And Mighty: Bloomberg's Wish Is GrantedMarcia Kramer — October 23, 2008
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  50. 90NewsIndependence Party to Haggerty: Where's Our Money?Benjamin, Elizabeth — February 12, 2010
  51. 92NewsMike Poll Watcher Also Rented OfficeCalder, Rich et al. — February 16, 2010
  52. 93NewsBloomberg Decides Not to Endorse a SuccessorMichael Barbaro et al. — September 13, 2013
  53. 94NewsMayor Bloomberg focused on his legacy as he prepares to leave officeHolly Bailey — Yahoo! News — November 5, 2013
  54. 95NewsIn Conversation: Michael BloombergChris Smith — September 7, 2013
  55. 96NewsMichael Bloomberg: I Won't Endorse Candidate In New York City Mayor RaceChristopher Mathias — September 13, 2013
  56. 97NewsBloomberg's "racist" remark reveals muchErrol Louis — September 9, 2013
  57. 98NewsNew York Alters Bloomberg "Racist" AccusationConnor Simpson — September 7, 2013
  58. 99NewsObama Endorses Fellow Democrat De Blasio for New York MayorEsmé E. Deprez — September 23, 2013
  59. 102Bloomberg elected to a third termClemente Lisi — November 4, 2009
  60. 103BookMike Bloomberg: Money, Power, PoliticsJoyce Purnick — PublicAffairs — September 22, 2009
  61. 106NewsBloomberg Vows to Work at Center of ThingsAdam Nagourney — December 25, 2001
  62. 107NewsTax-Smart Billionaires Who Work For $1Robert W. Wood — April 5, 2014
  63. 108Bloomberg presents a balanced budget, with moving partsDana Rubinstein — Capital New York — May 3, 2012
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  65. 115Stop-and-Frisk DataJanuary 2, 2012
  66. 117NewsNew York's stop-and-frisk policy is unconstitutional, judge rulesMatt Williams et al. — August 12, 2013
  67. 121QU Poll Release DetailQuinnipiac University
  68. 122NewsBloomberg Moves Closer to Running for PresidentSam Roberts — December 31, 2007
  69. 123NewsBipartisan Group Eyes Independent BidDavid S. Broder — December 30, 2007
  70. 124NewsMike's Secret Bid To Run vs. SpitzerFrederic U. Dicker et al. — November 6, 2007
  71. 125Mike for Veep?Smith, Ben — June 21, 2007
  72. 126NewsA Vote for a President to Lead on Climate ChangeMichael R. Bloomberg — November 1, 2012
  73. 127NewsBloomberg Backs Obama, Citing Fallout From StormRaymond Hernandez — November 1, 2012
  74. 128NewsBloomberg, Sensing an Opening, Revisits a Potential White House RunAlexander Burns et al. — January 23, 2016
  75. 129MagazineMichael Bloomberg May Enter The Presidential RaceRachel Handler — January 23, 2016
  76. 133NewsBloomberg: I'm considering 2016 bidDylan Byers — February 8, 2016
  77. 134NewsMichael Bloomberg's MomentFebruary 20, 2016
  78. 135NewsThe Risk I Will Not TakeMichael R. Bloomberg — Bloomberg View — March 7, 2016
  79. 136NewsMichael Bloomberg Will Not Enter Presidential RaceMaggie Haberman et al. — March 7, 2016
  80. 137NewsThe Independent's Case for ClintonMichael R. Bloomberg — July 27, 2016
  81. 144NewsEx-NYC Mayor Bloomberg won't run for president in 2020Steve Peoples — March 5, 2019
  82. 145NewsMichael Bloomberg Joins 2020 Democratic Field for PresidentAlexander Burns — November 24, 2019
  83. 161NewsDon't Rehire a Failed PresidentAugust 21, 2020
  84. 169Mike Bloomberg exaggerates his support for Obama in 2008, 2012Miriam Valverde — The Poynter Institute — 3 March 2020
  85. 174NewsThe Radical Case for Bloomberg's "Nanny" StateEmily Badger — October 31, 2013
  86. 176Bloomberg's Billions: How the Candidate Built an Empire of InfluenceAlexander Burns et al. — February 15, 2020
  87. 178Michael Bloomberg talks climate change with UNJennifer Fermino — January 27, 2016
  88. 179The Mayor and the WorldJudith Miller — November 11, 2019
  89. 181Bloomberg defends city surveillance camera planHonan, Edith — October 2, 2007
  90. 185NewsShould Mike Bloomberg's stop-and-frisk record disqualify him?Philip V. McHarris — February 16, 2020
  91. 186NewsBloomberg Proposes $5 Trillion in Taxes on the Rich and CorporationsJim Tankersley et al. — February 1, 2020
  92. 192Bloomberg pays fines for 32,000 felons in Florida, so they can voteDominick Mastrangelo — September 22, 2020
  93. 193NewsMike Bloomberg gives $20 million to help Biden beat TrumpMichael Scherer et al. — June 20, 2024
  94. 196NewsMichael Bloomberg Tops the List of America's Biggest Donors in 2023Maria Di Mento et al. — 5 March 2024
  95. 198NewsMayor Pledges WealthShelly Banjo — August 5, 2010
  96. 199NewsPhilanthropy 50Maria Di Mento — 5 March 2024
  97. 200NewsWhat's Next For Michael BloombergSridhar Pappu — August 8, 2011
  98. 203No. 5: Michael R. BloombergMaria Di Mento — February 6, 2012
  99. 205NewsBloomberg Is Quietly Ending a Charitable ProgramMichael Barbaro — March 18, 2010
  100. 206NewsBloomberg Family Foundation to Support ArtsKate Taylor — February 15, 2011
  101. 214Michael Bloomberg's coronavirus pivotKim Hart — May 14, 2020
  102. 219New Grant Commitments for Covid-19 ReliefM.J. Prest — April 28, 2020
  103. 222NewsMichael Bloomberg tops up climate spending to beyond $3bnAttracta Mooney — 30 January 2026
  104. 223NewsMichael Bloomberg Dials Up a War on PlasticsDavid Gelles — 2023-09-20
  105. 224NewsN.Y. Mayor Bloomberg gives $50 million to fight coal-fired power plantsChristian Torres et al. — July 20, 2011
  106. 225NewsMayor Bloomberg Donates $50 Million To Sierra ClubElizabeth Shogren — July 21, 2011
  107. 226NewsMichael Bloomberg's war on coalAndrew Restuccia — April 8, 2015
  108. 227Europe is getting off coal even faster than expectedKristin Toussaint — May 8, 2020
  109. 237NewsBloomberg and Bill Clinton to Merge Climate GroupsMichael Barbaro — April 13, 2011
  110. 245NewsBloomberg, now Democratic candidate, resigns UN climate postEdith M. Lederer — November 25, 2019
  111. 252NewsMayors call for more powers to fight climate changeMichael Stothard — December 4, 2015
  112. 256NewsMichael Bloomberg to head global taskforce on climate changeLarry Elliott — December 4, 2015
  113. 263NewsU.S. Cities, States and Businesses Pledge to Measure EmissionsHiroko Tabuchi et al. — July 11, 2017
  114. 264Press releaseMichael Bloomberg Announces Midwestern Collegiate Climate SummitLee Cochran et al. — May 16, 2019
  115. 273News$1.1 Billion in Thanks From Bloomberg to Johns HopkinsMichael Barbaro — January 27, 2013
  116. 283NewsBloomberg Philanthropies Gives $100 Million to Cornell TechElizabeth A. Harris — June 16, 2015
  117. 288NewsMichael Bloomberg Donates $50M to Boston Museum of SciencePenny Schwartz — October 19, 2016
  118. 290NewsThank you, Michael BloombergMuseum of Science, Boston
  119. 291NewsMike Bloomberg wants to solve America's Black doctor shortageErin Schumaker — 6 September 2020
  120. 292NewsBloomberg Philanthropies unveils racial wealth gap databaseRussell Contreras — 18 September 2022
  121. 295NewsMichael Bloomberg to Give $100 Million to Historically Black Medical SchoolsMichael J. de la Merced et al. — 2020-09-03
  122. 296Bamberger, Cayla (April 25, 2022). "Bloomberg invests $200M in NYC's high-profile charter school networks." *New York Post*.
  123. 298NewsHistorically Black Medical Schools Land a $600 Million DonationAnemona Hartocollis et al. — 2024-08-06
  124. 303NewsPrivate Citizen Bloomberg on PhilanthropyPaul Sullivan — April 25, 2014
  125. 306About the Initiative: Harvard + Bloomberg + 240 CitiesBloomberg Harvard City Leadership Initiative, Harvard University
  126. 311NewsBloomberg charity adds $220 million to anti-smoking effortSharon Begley — March 22, 2012
  127. 312Michael Bloomberg may be Big Tobacco's biggest enemyAriana Eunjung Cha — December 5, 2016
  128. 313NewsMichael BloombergSeptember 2016
  129. 316Press releaseMichael R. Bloomberg Becomes WHO Global Ambassador for Noncommunicable DiseasesChristian Lindmeier — August 17, 2016
  130. 319Bloomberg's path to 9/11 museumMaggie Haberman — Politico — May 12, 2014
  131. 321Dispute Over Costs Delays Opening of 9/11 MuseumCharles V. Bagli — September 8, 2012
  132. 322Sciame hints 9/11 names will move, museum may stayJosh Rogers — Downtown Express — June 9, 2006
  133. 325Michael Bloomberg on reviving lower Manhattan through the artsMo Rocca — CBS News — September 10, 2023
  134. 336NewsMichael Bloomberg Gives $75 Million to Shed Arts CenterRobin Pogrebin — May 24, 2017
  135. 341NewsAs the Clintons Step Back From Global Stage, Bloomberg Steps UpShane Goldmacher — September 19, 2017
  136. 342NewsThe US Government-In-Exile Has A New PresidentBen Smith — September 19, 2017
  137. 343NewsBloomberg Claps Back at Trump at Inaugural Business ForumEmily Stewart — September 20, 2017
  138. 349NewsA Mayor by Her Side, but Politics Woos Her, TooMichael Barbaro — June 3, 2010
  139. 351NewsThe Mayor's Lady, Her Own Woman, One and the SameDiane Cardwell — February 12, 2006
  140. 354NewsBloomberg's Granddaughter Gets a Hybrid SurnameMichael M. Grynbaum — July 6, 2015
  141. 361News"I'd Do Her": Mike Bloomberg and the Underbelly of #MeTooMegan Garber — September 19, 2018
  142. 362NewsThe Mayor and His MoneyChris Smith — September 26, 2005
  143. 366NewsNew York's Mayor, but Bermuda Shares CustodyMichael Barbaro — April 25, 2010
  144. 367NewsBloomberg's BermudaAugust 22, 2015
  145. 368NewsMayor Takes the Subway – by Way of S.U.V.Michael M. Grynbaum — August 1, 2007
  146. 369NewsThree cheers for the No. 7 extensionDecember 20, 2013
  147. 373Politico Playbook PM: Exodus at the PentagonJake Sherman et al. — February 19, 2020
  148. 375New York City's Mayor is a Geek at HeartMichael Bloomberg — Sciencefriday.com — April 6, 2012
  149. 376NewsMichael Bloomberg's Money Manager Steps DownJuliet Chung — 2017-03-07
  150. 378Bard Commencement AddressBard College — May 26, 2007
  151. 379Bloomberg, Wilson receive honorary degreesTalley Henning Brown — Rockefeller University — July 13, 2007
  152. 380Bloomberg to address graduatesKathy Wang — February 19, 2008
  153. 381Past Honorary Degree RecipientsFordham University
  154. 382Mayor Michael Bloomberg's Commencement RemarksFordham University — May 16, 2009
  155. 385Eight to receive honorary degreesPeter Reuell — October 18, 2010
  156. 386Commencement speaker Bloomberg calls out intolerance, demagogueryJames Iseler — University of Michigan — April 30, 2016
  157. 388Seven to receive honorary degrees at Washington University's 158th CommencementWashington University in St. Louis — May 3, 2019
  158. 396Past Speakers and MedalistsBarnard College
  159. 399NewsBloomberg Is First to Receive a $1 Million Jewish AwardEmma G. Fitzsimmons — October 20, 2013
  160. 401MagazineThe 2008 TIME 100Robert F. Jr. Kennedy — April 30, 2009
  161. 402NewsMayor Bloomberg Feted with Health PrizeMichael Torrice — 14 September 2009
  162. 403NewsThe Vanity Fair 100Alan Deutschman et al. — September 1, 2010
  163. 405NewsNew York's Mayor Bloomberg gets his own Tony AwardElysa Gardner — 8 June 2013
  164. 406NewsBloomberg Is Honored (But Don't Call Him Sir)Matt Flegenheimer — October 7, 2014
  165. 409Chris Evans to Receive Spirit of Service AwardChris Gardner — 2 July 2024
  166. 413MagazineMichael Bloomberg's Billion-Dollar Climate Bet Is Paying OffJustin Worland — 27 March 2025
  167. 414Michael R. Bloomberg, Bloomberg by Bloomberg (Wiley, 1997).
  168. 422BookBloomberg's New York: Class and Governance in the Luxury CityJulian Brash — University of Georgia Press — 2010
  169. 423JournalThe ghost in the machine: The neoliberal urban visions of Michael BloombergJulian Brash — 2012
  170. 424BookModern New York: The Life and Economics of a CityGreg David — St. Martin's Publishing — April 10, 2012
  171. 425JournalNanny BloombergRichard Klein — 2014

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