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My Take
What fascinates me about Michael Bloomberg is the second act. Building a financial-data empire from scratch would be a complete life for most people; he treated it as a prologue, then spent twelve years running New York City, arguably the most scrutinized municipal job on earth. I don't agree with every policy he pushed, but I respect the sheer appetite for difficulty—a billionaire who chose potholes and budget fights over a yacht. Add the pilot's license, the books, and a philanthropy record studded with honors, and you get restlessness as a virtue. He seems to measure wealth by what it can fix, and that mindset is rarer than the money.
Overview
Michael Rubens Bloomberg (born February 14, 1942) is an American businessman and politician. He is the majority owner and co-founder of Bloomberg L.P., and was its CEO from 1981 to 2001, and again from 2014 to 2023. He served as the 109th mayor of New York City from 2002 to 2013.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Michael Bloomberg
- Name (Japanese)
- マイケル・ブルームバーグ
- Reading
- まいける・ぶるーむばーぐ
- Born
- February 14, 1942 (age 84)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Aquarius / Horse
- Origin
- Boston, Massachusetts, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 6 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- businessperson / politician / aircraft pilot / writer / trader
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Medford High School
- University
- Johns Hopkins University
Awards & achievements
- 2011 Horatio Alger Award
- 2009 Lasker-Bloomberg Public Service Award
- 2014 honorary doctor of Harvard University
- 2014 Genesis Prize
- 2008 Richard A. Cook Gold Medal
- 2009 Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy
- 2010 Henry A. Kissinger Prize
- honorary doctor of the University of Michigan
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-11
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.