Michael Bloomberg
Michael Rubens Bloomberg 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 mayor of New York City for three terms from 2002 to 2013 and was a candidate for the 2020 Democratic nomination for president of the United States. In 2024, Bloomberg received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Joe Biden. He has served as chair of the Defense Innovation Board, an independent advisory board that provides recommendations on artificial intelligence, software, data and digital modernization to the United States Department of Defense, since June 2022.
Some of the key events about Michael Bloomberg
- 1966Graduated from Johns Hopkins University with a Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering
- 1973Became a general partner at Salomon Brothers investment bank
- 1981Founded Innovative Market Systems, later renamed Bloomberg L.P.
- 1990Appointed chairman of the board of trustees at Johns Hopkins University
- 1997Settled a sexual harassment lawsuit filed by a former employee
- 2001Elected as the 108th Mayor of New York City
- 2001Faced criticism for switching political parties from Democrat to Republican
- 2002Founded Bloomberg Philanthropies to focus on charitable giving
- 2002Implemented controversial "stop-and-frisk" policing policy as New York City mayor
- 2006Launched PlaNYC, a comprehensive sustainability plan for New York City
- 2008Pushed for an extension of term limits to allow himself to run for a third term as mayor
- 2009Won re-election as Mayor for a third term after successfully changing term limit laws
- 2011Faced backlash for the forceful eviction of Occupy Wall Street protesters from Zuccotti Park
- 2013Defended the NYPD's surveillance of Muslim communities, which was later ruled unconstitutional
- 2014Appointed as the United Nations Special Envoy for Cities and Climate Change
- 2015Made comments suggesting that minorities were stopped "too little" under stop-and-frisk
- 2018Launched the American Cities Climate Challenge, a $70 million program to support climate action in 25 cities
- 2019Faced criticism for initially defending stop-and-frisk policy during his presidential campaign
- 2020Accused of creating a hostile work environment for women in his company
- 2020Spent over $500 million on a failed presidential campaign, dropping out after poor Super Tuesday performance
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