Michael Bloomberg
Michael Bloomberg is an American politician, entrepreneur, and mayor who was born in Boston on February 14, 1942.
Bloomberg attended Medford High School and Hebrew school before going on to Johns Hopkins University and then Harvard Business School. After his formal education, he worked as a trader and bank manager, roles that gave him a foundation in finance before he moved into building his own enterprise. He co-founded Bloomberg L.P. and has served as its majority owner, holding the position of CEO from 1981 to 2001 and again from 2014 to 2023. As of March 2026, he was described as a centibillionaire with a net worth of $109.4 billion, placing him 18th on the list of the world's wealthiest people.
Bloomberg's political career has been defined by a series of party shifts. A lifelong Democrat until 2001, he switched to the Republican Party that year in order to run for mayor of New York City, winning the race and going on to serve as the city's 109th mayor from 2002 to 2013. In 2007, while still in office, he became an Independent, and in 2018 he rejoined the Democratic Party. He subsequently ran for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination, a campaign that did not succeed. Alongside his time in elected office and business, Bloomberg has also worked in roles as varied as aircraft pilot, actor, and writer, reflecting a broad range of professional pursuits across his career.
Bloomberg has received the Presidential Medal of Freedom and the Lasker-Bloomberg Public Service Award, two recognitions tied to his public and civic work. His career spans finance and entrepreneurship through Bloomberg L.P., municipal governance through his years as mayor of New York City, and political engagement through his candidacies and party affiliations. The thread running through much of his public life is the intersection of business leadership and civic service, a combination reflected in both the awards he has received and the offices he has held.
Quotes by Michael Bloomberg
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No matter what you may think about her politics or her record, Hillary Clinton understands that this is not reality television; this is reality. She understands the job of president. It involves finding solutions, not pointing fingers; and offering hope, not stoking fear.
I understand the appeal of a businessman president. But Trump's business plan is a disaster in the making.
We can only create good jobs if we make smarter investments in infrastructure and do more to support small businesses, not stiff them.
We can only solve our biggest problems if we come together and embrace the freedoms that our Founding Fathers established right here in Philadelphia, which permitted our ancestors to create the great American exceptionalism that all of us now enjoy.
Today, as an independent, an entrepreneur, and a former mayor, I believe we need a president who is a problem solver, not a bomb thrower. Someone who can bring members of Congress together to get things done. And I know Hillary Clinton can do that because I saw it firsthand.
Because of my success in the private sector, I had the chance to run America's largest city for 12 years, governing in the wake of its greatest tragedy.
I've been a Democrat, I've been a Republican, and I eventually became an independent because I don't believe either party has a monopoly on good ideas or strong leadership.
America is the greatest country on Earth - and when people vote with their feet, they come here.