Michael Bloomberg

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.

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

Height

6 cm

Occupation

businessperson / politician / aircraft pilot / writer / trader

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

Motto

Private

• Official sitehttps://mikebloomberg.com
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/mikebloomberg/
• Xhttps://x.com/MikeBloomberg
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9E%E3%82%A4%E3%82%B1%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%83%96%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A0%E3%83%90%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B0

Tags

• Massachusetts
• businessperson
• politician
• aircraft pilot

Last updated

2026-06-11

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.